Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Yasushi Kaneko said that Central Japan Railway Company intends to present, by the end of the year, an opening outlook for the Shinagawa–Nagoya...
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has designated 31 level crossings nationwide for improvement under the Act on Promotion of Improvement of Level Crossings, aiming to...
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Yasushi Kaneko reported that Shizuoka Prefecture and JR Central had signed an agreement to conserve the natural environment in the Shizuoka...
At a July 10, 2026 press conference, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kaneko explained five statutory white papers approved by the Cabinet, logisticsefficiency survey findings,...
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism explained that Central Japan Railway Company expects the Shinagawa–Nagoya section of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen to cost about 11 trillion...
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...
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...
In March 2026, the new Basic Plan for Housing (National Plan), covering fiscal years 2026 through 2035, was approved by the Cabinet. In anticipation of declining population and household numbers, an...
The 2026 MLIT White Paper organizes the current conditions and policies concerning road, rail and air transport networks, logistics innovation, the railway, automotive, maritime and aviationrelated...
The Lao and Chinese governments signed an agreement on September 4, 2025, to simplify immigration procedures for international passenger trains on the ChinaLaos Railway through the One Location, Two...