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On the east side of the second floor of the Kantei
was the office of the Chief Cabinet Secretary. This office was the closest to
the Prime Minister's Office and thus demonstrated clearly that the role of the
Chief Cabinet Secretary was truly the "Cabinet big chief," the "Prime
Minister's right hand."
In the room, an oil painting by famed Argentine artist Quinquela Martin hung on the wall,
the reason that Argentine President Carlos Menem on his visit to Japan in 1998
chose this room to have his commemorative photos taken.
In addition, the three Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries had their offices on the
north side of the second floor. One of these rooms next to the Grand Drawing Room had previously served as the Cabinet Counselor's
Office, and at the time of the completion of Kantei, it was used a small
drawing room. It is said that it was in this room that the fair copy of the Imperial
edict on the end of the war was hurriedly written out on the day before the end
of World War II.
It was here on the second floor of the Kantei that the offices of the people
who supported the Prime Minister were situated. |
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