Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ( . English Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for . Jap 国土交通省 Kokudokōtsūshō , literal "Ministry of State Land and Transport"; before 2008 by the Ministry only as Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (both MLIT for short ) is a ministry of the Japanese central government .
It was created in the reform of the central government on January 6, 2001 through the merger of the Ministry of Transport ( 運輸 省 , Un'yu-shō ), the Ministry of Construction ( 建設 省 , Kensetsu-shō ), the authority for state land and the authority for the development of Hokkaidōs ( 北海道 開 発 庁 , Hokkaidō Kaihatsu-chō ). It is the second largest ministry in terms of staff after the Ministry of Defense .
The ministry is responsible for a large part of the government's infrastructure spending. In fiscal 2006, the ministry's regular budget was over 6 trillion yen (around 36 billion euros).
organization
The minister ( kokudo-kōtsū-daijin ) is subordinate to two deputy ministers and three parliamentary secretaries as well as a permanent state secretary . Also officials at the state secretary level are the technical state secretary, gikan , and three shingikan . In addition to the ministerial secretariat ( daijin kambō ), the ministry is divided into 13 departments ( kyoku ), including a "general political department" ( sōgō seisaku-kyoku ), as well as the office of the two seisaku-tōkatsu-kan (about "officials for monitoring the political Measures ") and an office for international relations.
In addition, several advisory bodies ( shingikai ), research institutions, “special bodies” ( tokubetsu no kikan , including the central land surveying office, Kokudo Chiriin ) and “external offices” ( gaikyoku ) are assigned to the ministry ; The latter are in particular the Commission for Traffic Safety , which investigates traffic accidents, the Tourism Authority founded in 2008 , the Meteorological Authority and the Authority for Maritime Safety , which organizes the coast guard. The ministry has eight regional branches for "development" ( chihō-seibi-kyoku ), nine for traffic ( chihō-un'yu-kyoku ), two for aviation and, as the successor to the Hokkaidō development authority, a separate one for Hokkaidō; four regional centers monitor Japanese airspace. In addition, a variety of foundations ( zaidan-hōjin ) and self-governing bodies ( dokuritsu gyōsei hōjin ) are assigned to the ministry , and it also oversees several large "special bodies " ( tokushu hōjin ), including the private successors of the state railway , the state-owned highway company Nihon Dōro and several airport operators.
minister
Web links
- Official website (Japanese, English)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′ 32.7 ″ N , 139 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E