ÿþ<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.7 [ja] (Win98; I) [Netscape]"> <title>The 5th Comprehensive National Development Plan &quot;Grand Design for the 21st Century&quot; -top</title> <!--MadeByWZ--> </head> <body bgcolor="#CCFFFF"> <center> <p><font color="#000000">Ministry of Land, Infrastrucutre and Transport</font></p> <table bgcolor="#0000CC" > <tr> <td> <p><font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF">The 5th Comprehensive National Development Plan<br> </font><font color="#FFFFFF">(Dai-5ji Zenkoku-sougou-kaihatsu-keikaku)</font></p> <p><font size="+3" color="#FFFFFF">Grand Design for the 21st Century</font><font size="+4" color="#FFFFFF"><br> </font> <font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF">-Promotion of Regional Independence and Creation of Beautiful National Land -</font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF">(21seiki no Kokudo no Gurando Dezain</font> <font color="#FFFFFF">-Chiiki no Jiritsu no Sokushin to Utsukushii Kokudo no Souzou-)</font></p> <p align="right"><font size="+2" color="#FFFFFF">March,1998</font> </p> </td> </tr> </table></center> <center> <br> </center> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="5"> <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER bgcolor="#33FFFF"><font size="+1"><a href="../zs5/index.html">&gt;&gt;Go to Japanese Version</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER bgcolor="#33FFFF"><font size="+1"><a href="cndp5.txt">&gt;&gt;Download(txt file 426KB)</a></font></td> </tr> </table> <br> </center> <center> </center> <center> <table > <tr> <td> <p>Comprehensive National Development Plan is a fundamental plan for the use, development and conservation of the land of Japan. It defines the directions for constructing infrastructure for housing, cities, roads, airports, and so forth.<br> Since the first plan in 1962, five plans have been formulated by March 1998. These plans have successfully ensured balanced development of national land.<br> *Japan's Comprehensive National Development Plan is formulated under the Comprehensive National Land Development Act(enacted in 1950) based on consultation between the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and relevant administrative organizations, and studies by the National Land Development Council.<br> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"><br> </div> </center> <div align="center"> <table > <tr> <td> <div align="center"><b><font size="+1">The 5th Comprehensive National Development Plan<br> <font size="+2">Grand Design for the 21st Century</font><br> - Contents -</font></b></div> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="90%" > <tr> <td colspan="3" colborder="0"><font size="+1"><a href="part1chap1.html">Part I. Basis of the Planned National Land Development</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="2" colborder="0"><font size="+1"><a href="part1chap1.html">Chapter I. Grand Design for the 21st Century</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td> Section 1. Significant changes in the conditions of the national land<br> Section 2. Necessity for changes in the national land structure<br> Section 3. Creating multi-axial national land structure<br> Section 4. The four national axial zones</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="2" colborder="0"><font size="+1"><a href="part1chap2.html">Chapter II. Objectives and Strategies</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Section 1. Basic objectives<br> Section 2. Strategies<br> Section 3. Specific tasks and their accomplishment</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="2" colborder="0"><font size="+1"><a href="part1chap3.html">Chapter III. Implementation</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Section 1. National land development based on &quot;participation and cooperation&quot;<br> Section 2. Schedule for attracting investment in the country's infrastructure<br> Section 3. Improving institutions and the social system</td> </tr> </table> <table width="90%" > <tr> <td colspan="3" colborder="0"><font size="+1"><a href="part2chap1.html">Part II. The Basis for Development in Different Fields</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="2" colborder="0"><font size="+1"><a href="part2chap1.html">Chapter I. National Land Conservation and Management</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td> <p>Section 1. Making the country safer to live in<br> Section 2. Conserving and enjoying nature's blessing<br> Section 3. National land conservation and management focusing on basin areas<br> Section 4. Conservation and utilization of the ocean and coastal areas</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="2" colborder="0"><font size="+1"><a href="part2chap2.html">Chapter II. New Evolving Cultures</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Section 1. Creating comfortable living areas<br> Section 2. Creating and showing new cultures based on regional characteristics<br> Section 3. Promoting tourism at home and abroad</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="2" colborder="0"><font size="+1"><a href="part2chap3.html">Chapter III. Improving Living Conditions in Regions</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Section 1. Making cities more comfortable and lively<br> Section 2. Improving rural communities to form nature-rich residential areas<br> Section 3. Enabling people to lead secure lives</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="2"><font size="+1"><a href="part2chap4.html">Chapter IV. Industrial Development</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td> <p>Section 1. Promoting science and technology and creating a favorable environment for building industries<br> Section 2. Regional development of service industries such as intellectual goods industries by providing more intellectual opportunities<br> Section 3. Establishing internationally attractive locations for industry<br> Section 4. New development in agriculture, forestry and fisheries<br> Section 5. Industrial development in nature-rich residential areas</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="2"><font size="+1"><a href="part2chap5.html">Chapter V. Improvement of Transportation and Communications Systems</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Section 1. Improving the transportation systems<br> Section 2. Improving the communications systems</td> </tr> </table> <table width="90%" > <tr> <td colspan="3" colborder="0"><font size="+1"><a href="part3.html">Part III. Basic Direction of Regional Improvement</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td> <p>1. Hokkaido<br> 2. Tohoku<br> 3. Kanto<br> 4. Chubu<br> 5. Hokuriku<br> 6. Kinki<br> 7. Chugoku<br> 8. Shikoku<br> 9. Kyushu<br> 10. Okinawa<br> 11. 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