The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China (PRC) held “the 38th Japan-China Road Meeting” on September 11, 2024. In this meeting, we exchanged knowledge concerning “Smart road”, “Utilization of new technologies”, “Disaster management and disaster recovery”. We also confirmed the continuous exchange of technology between Japan and China.

A summary of the latest meeting, held on September 11th, 2024, follows.

1. Date: September 11, 2024 (Wednesday)
2. Major participants:
Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
    YAMAMOTO Takumi, Director-General, Road Bureau
    HASHIMOTO Masamichi, Assistant Vice Minister (Engineering and Road)
China: Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China
    GUO Sheng, Vice-Director, Public Roads Bureau
    LIU Song-nan, Assistant-Director, Maintenance and Presearvation Division, Public Roads Bureau

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On October 7, 2024, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Japan, and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), India, held “The 10th meeting of Japan-India Joint Working Group on the Roads and Road Transportation Sector” in New Delhi, India. In this meeting, we shared knowledge concerning “road planning”, “earthquake countermeasures for bridges”, and “road pavement maintenance and management” and confirmed that we would continue technical exchange of views between Japan and India.
On October 9, 2024, MLIT held the “Japan-India Road Engineering Seminar” for the first time in Mumbai, in collaboration with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) etc. The seminar focused on “road bridge construction and maintenance” and included project introductions from the Indian side and PR for Japanese technologies from the Japanese side.

The summary of the 10th meeting and the Japan-India Road Engineering Seminar are as follows.

1. Date: October 7, 2024
2. Major participants:
Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
    HASHIMOTO Masamichi, Assistant Vice Minister (Engineering and Road)
   NAGAO Shinichiro, Director for International Affairs, Planning Division, Road Bureau
India: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)
   Mr. Kamlesh Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary (IC)
   Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Chief Engineer (Planning)

1. Date: October 9, 2024
2. Major participants:
Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
    HASHIMOTO Masamichi, Assistant Vice Minister (Engineering and Road)
   NAGAO Shinichiro, Director for International Affairs, Planning Division, Road Bureau
India: Mr. Abhijeet Bhisikar, Deputy Chief Engineer, MMRDA
   Mr. S.K. Survase, Chief Engineer, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation

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A seminar was held based on the “Memorandum on Cooperation on Roads between the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Transportation in Vietnam” in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2008. Ever since, the seminar has been held almost every year.
The summary of the latest seminar follows.

1. Schedule: Friday, July 19th, 2019
2. Venue: Novotel Ha Long Bay, Hạ Long, Vietnam
3. Hosts: MLIT, Japan and Ministry of Transport, Vietnam
4. Attendance: Approximately 50 people

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On February 10th, The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) organized an online "Japan-Indonesia International Conference on Toll Road O&M Technologies" with supoort of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Indonesia.

In this conference, the participants shared the latest situation of toll roads in Indonesia, Japanese technologies and approaches to the operation and maintenance of expressways, and also confirmed that both the public and private sectors will continue to cooperate with each other in this field.

1. Schedule: Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 2. Venue:online
3. Hosts:MLIT, Japan and Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Indonesia
4. Attendance: Approximately 350 people

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On December 6, 2024, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of the Philippines held the “The Japan-Philippines 3rd Workshop for Technical and Business Cooperation on the Road Construction and Operation & Maintenance (O&M)” in Manila, the Philippines. A celebration ceremony was also held for Secretary Bonoan, DPWH , who received the JSCE International Contribution Award in June this year. At the workshop, presentations were made on technologies and initiatives related to road construction and O&M from both countries, and an exchange meeting was also held to promote business matching between private companies from both countries.

MLIT will continue to promote the public-private technical cooperation in the road sector in both countries.

1. Date and time: December 6, 2024
2. Location:Diamond Hotel, Manila, Philippines
3. Participants: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT),
   Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, JICA Philippines Office,
   Department of Public Works and Highways of the Philippines,
   and about 53 private companies from both countries

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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) held “the 20th Japan Korea Road Meeting” on August 29th.
In this meeting, we exchanged knowledge concerning “Large-scale repairs and undergrounding of expressways”, “Utilization of new road management technologies”, etc. We also confirmed the continuous exchange of technology between Japan and Korea.

A summary of the latest meeting, held on August 29th, 2024, follows.

1. Date: August 29th, 2024
2. Major participants:
Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
   HASHIMOTO Masamichi, Assistant Vice Minister (Engineering and Road)
   NAKATANI Toshiaki, Director for Overseas Road Project, Planning Division, Road Bureau
Korea: Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport
   LEE Woo-je, Assistant Minister for Road Bureau
   LEE Yoon-woo, Director, Road Facilities Safety Division

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