Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

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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 Ministry of Construction Hokkaido Development Agency [ja] (北海道開発庁, Hokkaidō-kaihatsu-chō) National Land Agency [ja] (国土庁, Kokudo-chō)
Jurisdiction	Government of Japan
Headquarters	2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8918 Japan 35°40′34″N 139°45′01″E / 35.6759842°N 139.7502087°E / 35.6759842; 139.7502087
Ministers responsible	Tetsuo Saito, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Takashi Ōtsuka, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ichiro Tsukada, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Website	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.^[1] 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, the Japan Meteorological Agency and the Japan Tourism Agency.