霞(かすみ)が関(せき)

かすみがせき
noun
Kasumigaseki; Japan's central bureaucracy
proper-nounplace-namepolitics
1. Kasumigaseki; the central government bureaucracy
A district of Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where most of the national government ministries have their offices. By metonymy it means the central bureaucracy and its career officials, as distinct from the elected politicians of 永田町(ながたちょう).
霞(かすみ)が関(せき)で働(はたら)く。
I work in Kasumigaseki.
霞(かすみ)が関(せき)の官僚(かんりょう)は残業(ざんぎょう)が多(おお)い。
Kasumigaseki bureaucrats work a lot of overtime.
新(あたら)しい制度(せいど)の細(こま)かい中身(なかみ)は、実際(じっさい)には霞(かすみ)が関(せき)が決(き)めていると言(い)われる。
It is said that the details of the new system are actually decided by the bureaucracy.

Also written 霞ヶ関(かすみがせき); the subway station is 霞ケ関(かすみがせき).

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Compare: 官界(かんかい) (bureaucratic circles)
Compare: 永田町(ながたちょう) (national politics)
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