Ministry of Construction (Japan)

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

国土交通省 Kokudokōtsūshō
Central Government Building # 3: MLIT Headquarters
Agency overview
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Transport (運輸省, Un'yu-shō?) Ministry of Construction (建設省, Kensetsu-shō?) Hokkaido Development Agency (北海道開発庁, Hokkaidō-kaihatsu-chō?) National Land Agency (国土庁, Kokudo-chō?)
Jurisdiction	Japan
Headquarters	2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8918 Japan
Ministers responsible	Keiichi Ishii, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Yosuke Tsuruho, Senior Vice Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama, Senior Vice Minister
Parent agency	Government of Japan
Website	http://www.mlit.go.jp

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省, Kokudo-kōtsū-shō^?), abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government. It is responsible for one-third of all the laws and orders in Japan and is the largest Japanese ministry in terms of employees, as well as the second-largest executive agency of the Japanese government after the Ministry of Defense. The ministry oversees four external agencies including the Japan Coast Guard and the Japan Tourism Agency.

MLIT was established as part of the administrative reforms of January 6, 2001, which merged the Ministry of Transport (運輸省, Un'yu-shō^?), the Ministry of Construction (建設省, Kensetsu-shō^?), the Hokkaido Development Agency (北海道開発庁, Hokkaidō-kaihatsu-chō^?), and the National Land Agency (国土庁, Kokudo-chō^?). Before the ministry renamed itself on January 8, 2008, the ministry's English name was "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport".

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