Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Japan)

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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (国土交通省, Kokudo Kōtsūshō^?), abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government. It is the largest Japanese ministry in terms of employees, and the second-largest organ of the Japanese government after the Ministry of Defense.

1 Background
2 Organization
- 2.1 External organs
3 Ministers of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
4 External links

[edit] Background

MLIT was established as part of the administrative reforms of January 6, 2001, which merged the Ministry of Transport (運輸省, Un'yushō^?), Ministry of Construction (建設省, Kensetsushō^?), and the National Land Agency (国土庁, Kokudochō^?).

[edit] Organization

MLIT is organized into the following bureaus:

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)

[edit] External organs

Japan Coast Guard
Japan Meteorological Agency
Labour Relations Commission for Seafarers
Japan Marine Accident Inquiry Agency

[edit] Ministers of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Name	From	To	Cabinet
Chikage Ogi	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 2006	Junichiro Koizumi
Tetsuzou Fuyushiba	September 2006	Current	Shinzo Abe

[edit] External links

Official website

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