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Office building (Joint Government Building No.3)
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 the largest Japanese ministry in terms of employees, and the
second-largest organ of the Japanese government after the Ministry of Defense.
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 |
|
Yukio
Hatoyama |
Notes
- ^ a
b
国土交通省設置法, Ministry of
Internal Affairs and Communications. (Japanese)
- ^
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)
- ^
The Organization of The 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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