| Agency Name: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| Nativename A: | Japanese: 国土交通省 |
| Nativename R: | Kokudokōtsūshō |
| Picture Caption: | Central Government Building # 3: MLIT Headquarters |
| Preceding1: | Ministry of Transport |
| Preceding2: | Ministry of Construction |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Japan |
| Headquarters: | 2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8918 Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.676°N 139.7502°W |
| Minister1 Name: | Tetsuo Saito, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| Minister2 Name: | Takashi Ōtsuka, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| Minister3 Name: | Ichiro Tsukada, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
The, abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government.[1] It is responsible for one-third of all the laws and orders in Japan and is the largest Japanese ministry in terms of employees, as well as the second-largest executive agency of the Japanese government after the Ministry of Defense. The ministry oversees four external agencies including the Japan Coast Guard, the Japan Meteorological Agency and the Japan Tourism Agency.
MLIT was established as part of the administrative reforms of January 6, 2001, which merged the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Construction, the (北海道開発庁 Hokkaidō-kaihatsu-chō), and the (国土庁 Kokudo-chō). Before the ministry renamed itself on January 8, 2008, the ministry's English name was "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport".[2]
MLIT is organized into the following bureaus:[3]