Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
国土交通省
Kokudokōtsūshō
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Agency overview
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Ministers responsible	Takeshi Maeda, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ken Okuda, Senior Vice Minister Jin Matsubara, Senior Vice Minister
Website
http://www.mlit.go.jp

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省, Kokudo-kōtsū-shō^?), abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government^[1]. It is responsible for one-third of all the laws and orders in Japan and the largest Japanese ministry in terms of employees, as well as the second-largest organ of the Japanese government after the Ministry of Defense. The ministry has four external organs including the Japan Coast Guard and the Japan Tourism Agency.

Background

MLIT was established as part of the administrative reforms of January 6, 2001, which merged the Ministry of Transport (運輸省, Un'yu-shō^?), Ministry of Construction (建設省, Kensetsu-shō^?), Hokkaido Development Agency (北海道開発庁, Hokkaidō-kaihatsu-chō^?), and the National Land Agency (国土庁, Kokudo-chō^?). Before the ministry renamed itself on January 8, 2008, the ministry's English name was "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport"^[2].

Organization

MLIT is organized into the following bureaus^[1][3]:

• Minister's Secretariat (大臣官房^?)
• Policy Bureau (総合政策局^?)
• National and Regional Planning Bureau (国土計画局^?)
• Land and Water Bureau (土地・水資源局^?)
• City and Regional Development Bureau (都市・地域整備局^?)
• River Bureau (河川局^?)
• Road Bureau (道路局^?)
• Housing Bureau (住宅局^?)
• Railway Bureau (鉄道局^?)
• Road Transport Bureau (自動車交通局^?)
• Maritime Bureau (海事局^?)
• Ports and Harbours Bureau (港湾局^?)
• Civil Aviation Bureau (航空局^?)
• Hokkaido Bureau (北海道局^?)
• Directors-General for Policy Planning (政策統括官^?)

External organs

• Japan Transport Safety Board
• Japan Tourism Agency
• Japan Meteorological Agency
• Japan Coast Guard

Ministers of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Name	From	To	Cabinet
Chikage Oogi	January 6, 2001	September 22, 2003	Yoshiro Mori Junichiro Koizumi
Nobuteru Ishihara	September 22, 2003	September 27, 2004	Junichiro Koizumi
Kazuo Kitagawa	September 27, 2004	September 26, 2006	Junichiro Koizumi
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba	September 26, 2006	August 2, 2008	Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda
Sadakazu Tanigaki	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	Yasuo Fukuda
Nariaki Nakayama	September 24, 2008	September 28, 2008	Taro Aso
Kazuyoshi Kaneko	September 28, 2008	September 16, 2009	Taro Aso
Seiji Maehara	September 16, 2009	September 21, 2010	Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan
Sumio Mabuchi	September 21, 2010	January 14, 2011	Naoto Kan
Akihiro Ohata	January 14, 2011	September 2, 2011	Naoto Kan
Takeshi Maeda	September 2, 2011	Present	Yoshihiko Noda

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} 国土交通省設置法, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. (Japanese)
2. ^ 冬柴大臣会見要旨（平成２０年１月８日）, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved on 2008-11-07. (Japanese)
3. ^ The Organization of The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Athe As of October 1, 2008), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

External links

	Japan portal
	Transport portal

• Official website

Coordinates: 35°40′34″N 139°45′00″E / 35.676°N 139.750°E / 35.676; 139.750