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.
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[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 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 2006 | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Tetsuzo Fuyushiba | September 2006 | Current | Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda |
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