Kokudo-cho

The Kokudo-chō ( Japanese 国土 庁 , dt. "Authority for (state) land", also referred to as a ministry, authority or office for state planning or development; English self-designation National Land Agency ) was an authority of the Japanese government , its head was a cabinet minister . The agency was set up in 1972 under Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei to regulate land use, regional planning and parts of civil protection. On January 6, 2001, when the central government was restructured, it was incorporated into the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism .

Minister ( 国土 庁 長官 , kokudochō-chōkan )

#	Surname	cabinet	Taking office	Political party
1	Nishimura Eiichi	Tanaka II (1st transformation)	June 26, 1974	Liberal Democratic Party
2	Niwa Hyosuke	Tanaka II (2nd transformation)	Nov 11, 1974
3	Kanemaru Shin	Miki	0Dec 9, 1974
4th	Amano Kōsei	Miki (transformation)	Sep 15 1976
5	Tazawa Kichirō	Fukuda	Dec. 24, 1976
6th	Sakurauchi Yoshio	Fukuda (reshuffle)	Nov 28, 1977
7th	Nakano Shirō	Ōhira I	07th Dec 1978
8th	Sonoda Kiyomitsu	Ōhira II	0Nov 9, 1979
9	Hara Kenzaburō	Suzuki	17th July 1980
10	Matsuno Yukiyasu	Suzuki (transformation)	Nov. 30, 1981
11	Katō Mutsuki	Nakasone I	Nov. 27, 1982
12	Inamura Sakonshirō	Nakasone II	Dec. 27, 1983
13	Kawamoto Kakuzo	Nakasone II (1st transformation)	0Nov 1, 1984
14th	Yamazaki Heihachirō	Nakasone II (2nd transformation)	Dec 28, 1985
15th	Watanuki Tamisuke	Nakasone III	July 22, 1986
16	Okuno Seisuke	Takeshita Takeshita (transformation)	0Nov 6, 1987
17th	Utsumi Hideo		May 31, 1988
18th	Nonaka Eiji	U.N	0June 3, 1989
19th	Ishii Hajime	Kaifu I	Aug 10, 1989
20th	Satō Moriyoshi	Cabinet Kaifu II	Feb 28, 1990
21st	Nishida Mamoru	Kaifu II (remodeling)	Dec 29, 1990
22nd	Tōya Yoshiyuki	Miyazawa	0Nov 5, 1991
23	Inoue Takashi	Miyazwa (transformation)	Dec 12, 1992
24	Uehara Kosuke	Hosokawa cabinet	0Aug 9, 1993	Socialist Party of Japan
-	Hata Tsutomu (executive)	Hata	Apr 28, 1994	Renewal Party
25th	Satō Megumu		Apr 28, 1994
26th	Ozawa Kiyoshi	Murayama	June 30, 1994	Liberal Democratic Party
27	Ikehata Seiichi	Murayama (transformation)	0Aug 8, 1995	Socialist Party of Japan
28	Suzuki Kazumi	Hashimoto I	Jan. 11, 1996
29	Itō Kōsuke	Hashimoto II	0Nov 7, 1996	Liberal Democratic Party
30th	Kamei Hisaoki	Hashimoto II (remodeling)	Sep 11 1997
31	Yanagisawa Hakuo	Obuchi	July 30, 1998
32	Inoue Kichio		Oct 23, 1998
33	Sekiya Katsutsugi	Obuchi (1st transformation)	Jan. 14, 1999
34	Nakayama Masaaki	Obuchi (2nd transformation)	0Oct 5, 1999
35		Mori I	0Apr 5, 2000
36	Ōgi Chikage	Mori II (reshuffle)	04th July 2000	Conservative Party

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Tanaka is the family name, Kakuei the first name.