https://www.alojapan.com/1229634/osaka-police-identify-dismembered-body-as-ministry-official/ Osaka police identify dismembered body as ministry official #bureaucracy #higashiosaka #JapanesePolice #mlit #mountains #Osaka #OsakaTopics #大阪 #大阪府 Osaka police announced Wednesday that they have identified the remains of a dismembered body in a mountainous area of Higashiosaka on Jan. 25 as an official at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The deceased, 52-year-old Takamichi Kamioka, had been missing since late las…

The land ministry has selected 26 model projects nationwide to promote a lifestyle in which people divide their time between rural and urban areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/23/japan/society/projects-dual-habitation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mlit #shinkansen #jreast #ana

Railway operators in Japan will restrict certain hazardous materials from being carried on board as part of a move to bolster security ahead of the 2025 Osaka Expo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/japan/trains-chemicals-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rail #jr #chemicals #mlit #osakaexpo

Public-private partnerships are gaining attention in Japan as a way for financially strained local governments to revitalize aging port green areas by utilizing private-sector funding and expertise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/20/japan/port-green-ppp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #localgovernment #greens #startups #ports

The infrastructure ministry says emergency inspections on sewage pipes have found abnormalities such as corrosion at three locations in Saitama Prefecture, separate from where a road recently caved in. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/14/japan/sewage-pipe-abnormalities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sinkholes #saitama #mlit

The transport ministry will support installing portable containers with restrooms and showers to roadside rest stations across the nation to help enhance their use in post-disaster relief. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/10/japan/container-roadside-stations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #trucks #michinoeki #toilets #disasterpreparedness

The transport ministry will launch priority lanes for autonomous vehicles on a roughly 100-kilometer section of the Shin-Tomei Expressway to conduct test runs of self-driving trucks, starting on March 3. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/09/japan/japan-self-driving-test-expressway/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #selfdriving #trucks #mlit #shintomeiexpressway

Osaka police announced Wednesday that they have identified the remains of a dismembered body as an official at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/05/japan/crime-legal/osaka-dismembered-body/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #mountains #mlit #cameras #japanesepolice

A slope was completed Saturday for using heavy machinery in the search for a male truck driver trapped in a sinkhole that appeared Tuesday in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/01/japan/saitama-sinkhole-slope/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #saitama #yashio #sinkholes #trafficaccidents #mlit #firefighters

In their bid to rescue a 74-year-old man trapped in a sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture, rescue crews are preparing to deploy heavy machinery to stabilize the site. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/31/japan/crime-legal/sinkhole-machinery-rescue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #yashio #sinkholes #trafficaccidents #mlit #firefighters

A 74-year-old truck driver remains trapped for a third day in a massive sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture, believed to have been caused by a ruptured sewage pipe, with rescue efforts hampered as the ground collapse expands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/30/japan/japan-sinkhole-rescue-continues/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #saitama #sinkholes #mlit #firefighters

Japan's infrastructure ministry is developing a system that combines administrative information held by local governments to detect vacant houses using artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/12/japan/ai-vacant-houses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #housing #mlit

Japanese authorities are urging drivers to exercise caution — and asking party-goers to go easy on the drinks — as collisions involving drunk people asleep on the road typically spike in December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/27/japan/crime-legal/drunk-pedestrians-run-over/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mlit #cars #alcohol #drinking #trafficaccidents #nationalpoliceagency

The infrastructure ministry plans to promote regional development centering around the Japan's roadside rest stations, to provide them with intensive support as they take on wide-ranging roles from tourism and agriculture to disaster prevention. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/23/japan/roadside-stations-development/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #localgovernment #development #tourism #disasterpreparedness #agriculture

Japan's new land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister has vowed to secure a "necessary and sufficient" budget for measures to strengthen the country's resilience to natural disasters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/14/japan/japan-land-minister-interview/ #japan #hiromasanakano #mlit #disasterpreparedness #ishikawaearthquake #budgets #laborlaws

Japan's transport ministry will support local governments that work to transport local goods through consultative groups, where products from different consignors are loaded on to the same trucks and transported to the same destinations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/13/transport-ministry-logistics/ #business #mlit #trucks #delivery

Japan's land ministry aims to submit legislation to parliament next year that would prevent condominium owners from concluding repair and cleaning contracts at prices higher than going rates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/19/japan/condo-repair-rules/ #japan #housing #mlit #realestate #diet

The transport ministry plans to support the installation of manually operated gates and fences at Class 4 railway crossings, which do not have alarms or barriers, from fiscal 2025 in order to boost the safety of dangerous crossings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/05/japan/japan-railway-crossing-safety/ #japan #rail #railways #mlit

Japan's transport ministry is planning to greenlight ride-hailing services during disasters to fill the gap when taxis run short. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/17/japan/japan-ride-hailing-disasters/ #japan #ridehailing #disasterpreparedness #mlit

The land ministry's general-account budget request for the fiscal year starting next April reached ¥7.03 trillion, up 18.1% from the previous year. Disaster resilience, logistics networks and the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension are highlighted. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/27/japan/japan-disaster-budget/ #japan #mlit #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake #disasterpreparedness #budgets