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

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
国土交通省
Kokudokōtsūshō
Central Gov't Bldg 3.jpg
Central Government Bulding # 3: MLIT Headquarters
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.

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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

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

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



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