Summary of the FY2025 Draft Budget, Organization and the Number of Officials

The budget, organization and the number of officials at the JFTC are outlined in the final draft budget for FY2025 as follows.

1.Budget: Total amount of 15,845 million yen, with an increase of 3,657 million yen from the previous fiscal year

2.New organization and increase in the number of officials

New organization
●Director General for Digital and International Affairs
●Counselor for Digital Affairs
●Senior Planning Officer, General Affairs Division, Secretariat
●Senior Planning Officer, Inter-Enterprise Trade Division

Increase in the number of officials (breakdown of 54 additional officials)
●For strengthening the control of acts that unfairly disadvantage SMEs …13 officials
●For strengthening the enforcement system in accordance with the 

    enforcement of the Mobile Software Competition Act                         　 …35 officials
●For reinforcing the operation of competition policy 　　　　　　　　  …3 officials
●Other　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　                …3 officials
*Number of total officials: 957 (As of March 31, 2026)

* This announcement is a tentative translation.
Please refer to the original text written in Japanese for more details