| Agency Name: | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Nativename: | 郵政省 |
| Nativename R: | Yūsei-shō |
| Preceding1: | Ministry of Communications |
| Preceding2: | Ministry of Posts |
| Preceding3: | Ministry of Telecommunications |
| Superseding1: | Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| Headquarters: | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Parent Agency: | Government of Japan |
| Region Code: | JP |
The was one of the ministries in the Japanese government. It was formed on 1 August 1952 by the merger of the Ministry of Postal Services[1] (郵政省) and the Ministry of Telecommunications[2] (電気通信省), which themselves superseded the from 1 April 1946.
The ministry introduced the POSIVA system for giving aid to foreign countries in January 1991.[3]
In January 2001, the ministry was merged with other ministries to form the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The Postal Services Agency, under the new ministry, continued the POSIVA program.[3]