Abstract:

From 1996 to 2001，the Japanese government carried out drastic reforms，and finally formed a Super-Ministry system of “1 government，12 provincial departments”，and constructed the holistic structure of the most competent central government core body in the major developed countries. This Super-Ministry reform is dedicated to the establishment of an integrated and unified holistic government. From the analysis of the holistic government theory，the reform of the Japanese super system tries to construct a holistic government by establishing the structural coordination mechanism and the procedural coordination mechanism. The structural coordination mechanism is mainly about the structural adjustment of the relations between central and provincial departments，central and local departments and government and society. The procedural coordination mechanism is to perfect the policy process by establishing the policy coordination mechanism and the policy evaluation system. Finally，combining with the reform of Japanese Super-Ministry system，the paper discusses why the holistic government construction is possible.

Key words: holistic government, Super-Ministry system, structural coordination, procedural coordination