Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (original) (raw)

Government ministry of Japan

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

国土交通省Kokudokōtsūshō
Map
Central Government Building # 3: MLIT Headquarters
Agency overview
Formed 2001 (2001)
Preceding agencies Ministry of TransportMinistry of ConstructionHokkaido Development Agency [ja] (北海道開発庁, Hokkaidō-kaihatsu-chō)National Land Agency [ja] (国土庁, Kokudo-chō)
Jurisdiction Government of Japan
Headquarters 2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8918 Japan35°40′34″N 139°45′01″E / 35.6759842°N 139.7502087°E / 35.6759842; 139.7502087
Ministers responsible Tetsuo Saito, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismTakashi Ōtsuka, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismIchiro Tsukada, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Website mlit.go.jp/en

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省, Kokudo-kōtsū-shō; lit. 'Ministry of Land and Transport'; MLIT) is a ministry of the Japanese government.[1] It is responsible for one-third of all the laws and orders in Japan and is the largest Japanese ministry in terms of employees, as well as the second-largest executive agency of the Japanese government after the Ministry of Defense. The ministry oversees four external agencies including the Japan Coast Guard, the Japan Meteorological Agency and the Japan Tourism Agency.

MLIT was established as part of the administrative reforms of January 6, 2001, which merged the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Construction, the Hokkaido Development Agency [ja] (北海道開発庁 Hokkaidō-kaihatsu-chō), and the National Land Agency [ja] (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]One of the mother ministries, the Ministry of Construction, along with the former Ministry of Home Affairs, the National Police Agency and the former Ministry of Health and Welfare, is the successor to the pre-WW2 Home Ministry, and has sent deputy governors and deputy mayors to each prefecture and municipality since becoming the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Branch (Central Junction Hall No. 2 Building)

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

  1. ^ a b 国土交通省設置法 Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. (in 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. (in Japanese)
  3. ^ The Organization of The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (As of July 1, 2011), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.