Ports and Harbours Bureau

1.  General   1.1.  Overview 1.2.  Location of Ports and Harbors in Japan 1.3.  Roles of Ports and Harbors 1.4.  Development and Administration of Ports and Harbors 1.5.  Cargo Volume 1.6.  Worldwide Container Handling Rankings 1.7.  Foreign Container Volume at Japanese Ports 1.8.  Management and Operation of Container Terminals in Japan   1.8.1.  Containerization in Japan 1.8.2. Current Issues 1.8.3. Overview of Container Development and Operation Systems 2.  Port Development and Management System   2.1.  Overview   2.1.1.  Port and Harbor Law 2.1.2.  Council for Ports and Harbors 2.2. Roles of National Government, Port Management Body,Private Sector and Users 2.3.  Port and Harbor Development System   2.3.1.  Overview 2.3.2.  Port Planning 2.3.3.  Five-Year Investment Plan for Ports and Harbors 2.3.4.  Priority Plan for Social Infrastracture Development 2.3.5. Development of Port Facilities 2.3.6. Environmental Issue 2.4.  Port Management System   2.4.1.  Overview 2.4.2.  Port Management Bodies 2.4.3.  “Ports and harbors” Subject to Port Management 2.4.4.  Port Management Bodies’ Functions and Duties 2.4.5. Systematic Framework for Port Management and Administration 2.4.6.  Financing of Port Management Bodies 2.4.7.  Private Wharves 2.5.  Container Terminal Management and Operation   2.5.1.  Overview 2.5.2.  Japanese Response to Containerization 2.5.3.  New Container Terminal Development, Management and Operation 2.5.4. Management and Operation of Container Terminals in Major World Ports 2.6 Recent Topics in Japanese Ports and Harbours   2.6.1.  “Super-hub Port” Initiative 2.6.2. Port Security 2.6.3.  Single Window System 2.6.4.  Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake and Earthquake Resistant Port Facilities 3.  International Cooperation   3.1.  International Cooperation in the Port and Harbor Sector   3.1.1.  Overview 3.1.2. Technical Cooperation 3.1.3.  Loan Assistance 3.1.4. Grant Aid 3.2. International Exchange   3.2.1.  Multilateral Exchanges 3.2.2. Bilateral Exchanges 3.2.3. Organizations involved in port- and harbor-related international cooperation 1.  Port Development in Relation to Economic Growth   1.1.  Pre-19th Century (Ancient times to the Edo Period) 1.2. 1870 to 1945 (Meiji Period to World War II) 1.3. From 1945 (World War II to Present) 2.  Summary of the Port and Harbor Law 3.  Summary of Technological Standards for Port Facilities 4.  Organizational Structure of Ministry of Land,Infrastructure and Transport 5. Organizational Structure of Ports and Harbours Bureau

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