Symposium on "Japan's Future and the Capital Functions Relocation"to be Held

The National Land Agency and the Council for Relocation of the Diet and Other Organizations will hold a symposium titled "Japan's Future and the Capital Functions Relocation." The purpose of the symposium is to let the people understand the significance of the capital functions relocation which plays an important role in Japan's development and attitude in the future including implementation of a new political and administrative system and reorganization of the national land structure.

Your participation is cordially requested..


Those who would like to attend the symposium should apply by October 7, 1999 by mail, Fax or E-mail, clearly describing their name, address, job assignment, telephone number, and Fax number together with their opinions and/or requests.
The secretariat will send admission tickets (by post cards) to the applicants after receiving applications (The number of tickets is limited.)

Application Address

By Mail or Fax: The Secretariat for the National Land Agency Symposium,
Tokyo Media Connections, Co., Ltd. 13-8-510, Jin'nan 1-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0041
Fax: +81-3-5457-3602
By E-mail: Itenka@mlit.go.jp

Recent Deliberations of the Council for Relocation of the Diet and Other Organizations


{Third Term Started}

The deliberations of the Council for Relocation of the Diet and Other Organizations entered a new stage (the third term). In this new stage, the Council will comprehensively evaluate each region from September 1999 after deciding regions subject to the investigation (the first term, from December 1996 to January 1998) and conducting a detailed investigation by disciplines and regions (the second term, from January 1998 to September 1999).

{Regional Units Subject to the Comprehensive Evaluation}

A regional unit for comprehensive evaluation is defined as a homogeneous
region where the new city is feasible from the viewpoints of the intention of the related prefectures, available airports, and planning and construction status of the transportation systems including roads and rail roads, considering that the city is to be the seat of the Diet. Practically each region in the table bellow will be subject to the comprehensive evaluation as a regional unit.

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