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国土交通省 Kokudokōtsūshō | |
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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 |
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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.