Expert Council Recommendations on Land Use

The Expert Council on Appropriate Approaches to Land Acquisition, Use, and Related Matters, established by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in March 2026, examined necessary measures, including the development and review of systems, in response to issues currently arising concerning land acquisition and use. The council held a total of five meetings and has now compiled its recommendations.

Based on the reality that inappropriate land use is occurring in various regions, the recommendations identify as challenges responding before problems become more serious and addressing regulatory gaps that fall outside the scope of land-use-related laws.

The recommendations point out that action taken only after a problem occurs and becomes serious is too late, and that addressing a problem arising within a regulatory gap is particularly difficult.

It concluded that the National Land Use Planning Act should be reviewed so that it can address a wide range of land-use issues while making use of its characteristics as a general law concerning land use and as a system capable of obtaining information at an early stage. Specifically, it cited the need to continuously monitor land use and to enable guidance and supervision of inappropriate land use from the transaction stage through the use stage.

The attached materials include the press release, an overview, and the recommendations, along with information on where to find references to the council's meetings and related materials.