Japan Awarded QUALSHIP21 by the USCG
The Maritime Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was recognized as an administrative authority that has continuously met the standards required under the United...
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24FY Reiwa 8 SSS Awards Selected
The Maritime Bureau announced this fiscal year’s recipients of the Awards for Seafarer Safety and Labor Environment Initiatives, which recognize outstanding initiatives to improve seafarer safety and...
Promoting Modal Shift to Ships: Ferry and Coastal Vessel Load Factors
The Maritime Bureau surveyed loadfactor trends for medium and longdistance ferries, RORO vessels, and coastal container vessels based on actual results for January–March and April–June of Reiwa 8,...
FY Reiwa 7 Maritime Safety: Passenger and Cargo Ship Audit Results
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism released the results of operational management audits conducted in FY Reiwa 7 on ship operators and other relevant entities under the...
Preliminary Port Statistics (June 2026)
The preliminary figure for the number of foreigntrade cargo containers at the six major ports in June 2026 was 1,195,224 TEU, up 1.0% from the same month of the previous year. Exports were 597,388...
First Circular Economy Ports: Building Wide-Area Port Logistics
The Port Bureau will designate all 29 ports that applied as Circular Economy Ports, which are working to form logisticsnetwork hubs for recyclable resources and build industrial clusters with...
CNP Certification for Container Terminals: Four New Port Certifications
The Ports and Harbors Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will newly certify four terminals at Nagoya Port, Oita Port, Sakai Port, and Chiba Port under the CNP...
Meeting Held to Build a Stable LNG Carrier Supply System
Following the Japan Growth Strategy, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism held a meeting on the LNG carrier supply system with the shipbuilding and shipping industries,...
2025 Domestic Port Container Throughput (Preliminary)
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism released preliminary figures for container throughput at Japan’s ports from January to December 2025 (Reiwa 7). Total throughput was 22.36...
Strengthen Zero-Emission Vessel Supply: FY2025 Supplementary Budget Call 2
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment, will launch the second call for applications under the ZeroEmission Vessel...
Investment to Secure the Global Lead in Next-Generation Ships
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment, selected four projects under a program promoting the construction of zeroemission...
FY2026 New Research Projects Selected for Transport Innovation
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism selected six new research projects for FY2026 under the Transport Technology Development Promotion System, including research on...
25th Japan–Korea Ship Safety and Environment Meeting
On July 29, 2026, the 25th Japan–Korea Ship Safety and Environment Directors' Meeting was held in Kagoshima City. Japan and Korea agreed to coordinate their responses to ship discharge management and...
Forecasting Ship Demand to Support Global Seaborne Trade
The Maritime Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism conducted a forecast of ship demand through 2050 based on future scenarios. The forecast covered not only ships...
Saito Hideaki Elected OECD Shipbuilding Committee Chair
Hideaki Saito, an adviser to Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism nominated by Japan, was unanimously elected chair of the OECD Shipbuilding Committee and will assume...
Ministerial Meeting to Strengthen Energy and Food Security
On July 31, 2026, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara convened the second meeting of related ministers. The meeting discussed the strategic strengthening of foundations supporting people’s lives,...
Foreign-trade container count at six major ports up 0.1% in May
The preliminary count of foreigntrade cargo containers at the six major ports for May 2026 was 1,177,717 TEU, up 0.1% from the same month of the previous year. Exports totaled 562,219 TEU, down 2.9%,...
Monthly Coastal Shipping Overview: 0.3% Year-on-Year Increase
Total transport volume was 24,399 thousand tonnes, while tonnekilometers totaled 12,348 million tonnekilometers; both exceeded the same month of the previous year. By commodity, coal and gasoline...
Cyber Port Cruise Booking Goes Live
The Ports and Harbors Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will launch a cruise ship booking function on Cyber Port (Procedures), a data platform that digitizes...
MLIT Joins Trade DX Industry Group Formation Committee
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has joined as an observer a preparatory committee to establish an industry group that will standardize data specifications and promote...