Ministry of Transport (Japan)

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Ministry of Transport (運輸省, Un'yu-shō) was a ministry of the Japanese government.

It managed 849 public corporations before its 2001 merger. It merged into the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) in January 2001.

References

Carpenter, Susan. Why Japan Can't Reform: Inside the System. Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Publishers, 2008. ISBN 0230595065, 9780230595064. p. 12. Same content appears in: Carpenter, Susan. Japan's Nuclear Crisis: The Routes to Responsibility. Springer Publishers, December 12, 2011. ISBN 0230363717, 9780230363717. p. 34.

v t e Japanese government ministries and agencies
Cabinet
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Internal Affairs and Communications (List) Justice (List) Foreign Affairs (List) Finance (List) Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (List) Health, Labour, and Welfare (List) Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (List) Economy, Trade and Industry (List) Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (List) Environment (List) Defense (List)
Board of Audit (constitutionally independent)

Predecessors: Ministry of Industry; Cabinet; Home Ministry; Ministry of Communications; Ministry of Railways; Ministry of Transport and Communications [ja]; Ministry of Transport; Japanese National Railways; Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation; JNR Settlement Corporation

Passenger Railway Companies	JR Hokkaido	JR East	JR Central	JR West	JR Shikoku	JR Kyushu
JR Bus Companies	JR Hokkaido Bus	JR Bus Tohoku JR Bus Kanto [ja] JR Bustech [ja]	JR Tokai Bus	West JR Bus [ja] West Japan JR Bus Service [ja] Chugoku JR Bus [ja] Hikari Guru Rin Bus [ja]	JR Shikoku Bus [ja]	JR Kyushu Bus [ja]
Smart cards	Kitaca	Suica Mobile Suica	TOICA EX-IC	ICOCA	ICOCA (SHIKOKU ICOCA)	SUGOCA
Shinkansen lines	Hokkaido Shinkansen	Tōhoku Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen	Tokaido Shinkansen Chūō Shinkansen	San'yō Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen	Shikoku Shinkansen [ja](proposed)	Kyushu Shinkansen Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen
Railway museums	Hokkaido Railway Technology Museum [ja]	Railway Museum Ome Railway Park	SCMaglev and Railway Park	Kyoto Railway Museum Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum	Shikoku Railway Cultural Center [ja]	Kyushu Railway History Museum
Rolling stock manufacturers	-	Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-TREC)	Nippon Sharyo (50.1%)	Kinki Sharyo (partner)	-	-
International operations	-	West Midlands Trains (14.95%)	-	-	-	-
Other organizations	JR Freight	Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI)	Railway Information Systems (JR Systems) [ja]	Railway Telecommunication ↓ SoftBank	Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT)

Related topics: MARS (ticket reservation system); National Railway Workers' Union; Japan Confederation of Railway Workers' Unions; Japan Railway Trade Unions Confederation; All Japan Construction, Transport and General Workers' Union; Sankei Children's Book Award