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MINISTRY OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT (JAPAN)

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The , 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.

Contents
Background
Organization
External organs
Ministers of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
External links

Background


MLIT was established as part of the administrative reforms of January 6 2001, which merged the , , and the .

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)
External organs


Japan Coast Guard

Japan Meteorological Agency

Labour Relations Commission for Seafarers

Japan Marine Accident Inquiry Agency

Ministers of Land, Infrastructure and Transport


NameFromToCabinet
Chikage OgiJanuary 6, 2001September 22, 2003Yoshiro Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
Nobuteru IshiharaSeptember 22, 2003September 27, 2004Junichiro Koizumi
Kazuo KitagawaSeptember 27, 2004September 2006Junichiro Koizumi
Tetsuzou FuyushibaSeptember 2006CurrentShinzo Abe

External links



Official website

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