Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
国土交通省; Kokudokōtsūshō
	; Central Government Building # 3: MLIT Headquarters
Agency overview
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Transport; Ministry of Construction; Hokkaido Development Agency (北海道開発庁, Hokkaidō-kaihatsu-chō); National Land Agency (国土庁, Kokudo-chō);
Jurisdiction	Government of Japan
Headquarters	2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8918 Japan; 35°40′34″N 139°45′01″E
Ministers responsible	Tetsuo Saito, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Takashi Ōtsuka, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Ichiro Tsukada, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism;
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. 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.

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