Eight Branches of Manchukuo (Badabu) is a State Council which the Japanese set up with Puyi In 1932. Known as the Manchuhuo it governed from 1932 until 1945. The council had eight separate ministries; these were the Department of Public Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, Department of Judicature, Department of Economy, Department of Education and Culture, Department of Sanitation and Zonghe Faya (the supreme ministry of justice). These buildings are in the center of Changchun and each has their own distinctive and unique characteristics.