Ministry of Railways (Japan)

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The Ministry of Railways (Japan) was the former government ministry responsible for overseeing and managing Japan’s national railway system before its postwar reorganization.

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Ministry of Railways (Japan) canonical 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former government agency
government ministry
classification infrastructure ministry
transport ministry
country Japan
dissolvedInContextOf postwar reorganization of Japanese government ministries
field infrastructure management
railway administration
transport policy
governmentBranch executive branch of Japan
hadAuthorityOver national railway policy in Japan
railway safety regulation in Japan
railway standards in Japan
railway tariffs and fares in Japan
historicalPeriod prewar Japan
wartime Japan
industry rail transport
jurisdiction Empire of Japan NERFINISHED
locatedIn Japan
Tokyo
mainFunction coordination of rail transport policy
management of state railways
planning of railway network
oversaw government-owned railways in Japan
national railway network of Japan
ownedBy Government of Japan NERFINISHED
partOf central government of Japan
predecessorOf postwar transport administration bodies of Japan
reorganizedAfter World War II NERFINISHED
responsibleFor Japan’s national railway system
railway construction in Japan
railway operation in Japan
railway regulation in Japan
scope nationwide
sector public sector
status defunct ministry
subordinateTo Cabinet of Japan NERFINISHED
typeOfOrganization national ministry
usedLanguage Japanese

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Japanese Government Railways associatedWith Ministry of Railways (Japan)