Promoting Outings with Urban Hubs and Transport Axes
A Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism panel published an interim summary that reorganizes the direction of urban transport policies in response to declining outing rates and...
Reports
Minister's Briefing on Hokuriku Shinkansen Route Estimates
Regarding the Tsuruga–ShinOsaka section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, a reporter asked whether the costeffectiveness of the Obama route, which had previously been lower than that of the less expensive...
Rail and Railway Passenger and Freight Volumes
Materials released on July 21, 2026. Rail and railway passenger volume increased year on year in both passenger numbers and passengerkilometers, while railway freight volume decreased in both freight...
Minister Kaneko Briefing: Automated Driving Standards and Disaster Response
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Yasuyuki Kaneko reported that international standards for Level 4 automated driving systems had been agreed at the United Nations WP.29. In...
Construction Statistics: May 2026 Released
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism published the May 2026 edition of the Construction Comprehensive Statistics on eStat, the government's portal for official statistics. The...
June Construction Material Supply-Demand Balanced Across All Surveyed Materials
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism survey conducted from June 1 to 5, 2026, prices for 7 material groups and 13 items, including readymixed concrete, steel...
Construction Labor Supply-Demand Survey: May 2026
The shortage rate across eight occupations nationwide was 1.2% in May 2026, with the shortage widening by 0.6 percentage points from the previous month and 0.7 percentage points from the same month a...
April 2026 Preliminary Report: Foreign-Trade Containers at Six Major Ports
The preliminary number of foreigntrade cargo containers at six major ports in April 2026 was 1,226,091 TEU, up 0.9% from the same month of the previous year. This comprised 612,194 TEU of exports, up...
Japan and ADB Agree to Establish WISER Water Fund
Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have agreed to establish a new Japanese trust fund, the Water Initiative for Security, Efficiency & Resilience (WISER), to strengthen support in the water...
Meeting Between Minister Katayama and Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Rashid
On June 9, 2026, Minister Katayama met with Governor Rashid of Bank Negara Malaysia and exchanged views on regional financial cooperation through ASEAN+3, which Japan cochairs this year, as well as...