At 03:46 PM 11/6/98 -0500, you wrote:

Query:  this fic seems to translate "Minister of Information" to mean
"Royal Family's Press Secretary", which I suppose is allowable, but not an
obvious choice of occupation for a Heian-era Japanese woman.

>From watching the OVA episode in question, however ["Here Comes Jurai"], I

interpreted "Minister of Information" as meaning "Chief Spymaster" (i.e,
head of the Jurain CIA/NSA/Mil. Intel.), which seems to me both a much more
logical occupation for a Heian noblewoman (quite possibly raised on
intrigue from infancy), and more consistent with what Funaho-dono is up to
in that episode, trying to negotiate dangerous weapons technology out of
the hands of Jurain enemies and ideally into Jurain hands.

I see what you mean about her duties, but given the sensative nature of
whats happining on Earth, who would you trust to delve stuff out? You need
someone who is fully aware of what's happining to do this, Funaho seems
more likly than anyone else since she knows everything and can control
information better this way.