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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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?).
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
| Name | From | To | Cabinet |
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| 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 |
External links
| Ministries of Japan |
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| Cabinet |
| Cabinet Secretariat | Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Security Council | National Personnel Authority |
| Cabinet Office (Imperial Household | Fair Trade | Public Safety, Police | Financial Services) |
| Internal Affairs | Justice | Foreign Affairs | Defense | Finance | Education | Health | Agriculture | Economy | Land | Environment Board of Audit (Independent) |
