2.4. Port Management System

2.4.2 Port Management Bodies

All of Japan's ports and harbors are managed by the public sector. In accordance with the Port and Harbor Law, public sector port management bodies are limited to three configurations (see p. 6).

1. Terminal corporations that have been established by a local public body in the Ports and Harbors Bureau
2. [Certain] local public entities may function autonomously as port management bodies.
3. New management associations founded by multiple local governments (prefectures or prefectures and cities) for the purpose of managing ports