Roads In Japan 2024(PDF, 15MB)

Chapter 1 Road Administration in Japan

Types of Road 2
Administrative Organization 8
Planning and Implementation of Projects 12
Administrative Management 19
Asset Management 21
Disaster Prevention 29

Chapter 2 Advanced Road Technologies

Tunnels 38 Bridges 39 Pavement 40

Chapter 3 Summary of Principal Policies

Disaster prevention and mitigation, national resilience 42
Major shift to preventive maintenance 48
Development of networks and bases to facilitate human movement and logistics 54
Realization of a decarbonized society through promotion of Green Transformation (GX) 63
Digital Transformation (DX) of road System 68
Improvement of safety, security and liveliness in road space 73

Appendix

History of Roads in Japan 84
Technical Standards 90
2040 Vision for Roads in Japan 108
Statistics 110