Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Governmental Agency
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT)
Shipbuilding Division, Maritime Bureau
Address:
2-1-3, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8918, Japan
Telephone: 03-5253-8631
Facsimile: 03-5253-1641
Purpose:
The Maritime Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infra-structure and Transport takes necessary measures to develop shipping, shipbuilding and related industries including promotion of the research and development on advanced ship technology, establishment of rules and regulations for ship safety and marine pollution, conducts of ship inspections and tonnage measurements and international cooperation through the OECD Council Working Party on Shipbuilding and the Asia-Pacific Shipbuilding Expert Meeting.
National Maritime Research Institute
Address:
6-38-1, Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0004, Japan
Telephone: 0422-41-3013
Osaka Branch:
3-5-10, Amanogahara-cho, Katano, Osaka Prefecture 576-0034, Japan
Telephone: 072-891-6272
Tokai Branch:
Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki Prefecture 319-1195, Japan
Telephone: 029-282-2368
Foundation:
Established on April 1, 2001 based on 'the Maritime Technology and Safety Research Institute Law', organizationally independent from the government.
Purpose:
To implement the research and development of technology in the whole fields of shipping and shipbuilding including ocean engineering, in according to the administrative program for the purpose of maritime transport innovation, the effective use of ocean space and resources, and the preservation of marine environment.
Corporation for Advanced Transport & Technology (CATT)
Address:
2-1-1, Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011, Japan
Telephone: 03-3501-2146
Facsimile: 03-3580-8173
Purpose:
To improve the supply-demand imbalance of the shipbuilding and to promote R & D on advanced ship technologies.
President: Tsutomu Aihara
