JAPAN EXPRESSWAY HOLDINGAND
DEBT REPAYMENT AGENCY

2022

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway

Japan Expressway Holding and
Debt Repayment Agency

Expressway

The Keihansh

Kobe
Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway

SapporoNaha

Kagoshima

Fukuoka

Hiroshima
Takamatsu

Networkhin district area

The Metropolitan area
Saitama

Kyoto
Tokyo

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway

O
Osaka

Aomori

Chiba

Yokohama

Niigata
Sendai

NagoyaLEGEND

East・Centra・l West Nippon,HonshuShikoku Bridge Expressway Co., Ltd.

Sections highlighted in blue have been made available.
6-lane4-lane2-laneSection under construction

Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hanshin Expressway Co., Ltd.
Section made available
Section under construction

Others

As of the end of Aug. 2022

Section made available
IC・ names in sections under construction are temporary names.

Section under construction or investigation

As of Oct. 1, 2022

Holding and Leasing of Expressway Assets
Due to the introduction of 35.0 km of new sections in FY2021, the total length of held
and leased expressways was 10,423 km at the end of FY2021. Of this total, the total
length of expressways in service was 10,392 km.
■Status of held and leased expressway assets
Total

NEXCO
East

NEXCO
Central

NEXCO
West

As of March 31, 2022
[Unit: km]

Metropolitan
Expressway

Hanshin

Expressway

HonshuShikoku
BridgeExpressway

Held and leased length
Change from theend of theprevious ﬁscal year

(Breakdown)

National expressway network
Change from theend of theprevious ﬁscal year
Regional expressway
network
Change from theend of theprevious ﬁscal year
Independent general
toll roads
Change from theend of theprevious ﬁscal year
Note 1 : The total length ﬁgures have been obtained by combining all of the sections that contain assets held by the Agency with the
distance between ICs as the minimum unit.
Note 2 : There may be discrepancies in ﬁgure totals due to the treatment of fractions.
Note 3 : National expressway network: National expressways and highways that are closely related to national expressways in terms oftraﬃc and are designated by the Agency with permission from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
(Examples: Tohoku Expressway, Tomei Expressway, Meishin Expressway, Honshu-Shikoku Expressway)
Regional expressway network: Multiple expressways other than those belonging to the national expressway network, which aredesignated as closely related to each other in terms of traﬃc by the Agency with permission from the Minister of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
(Examples: Shuto Expressway, Hanshin Expressway)
Independent general toll roads: Roads managed by expressway companies other than those listed above.
(Example: Abo-Pass Road)

Contents■Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway
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Expressways and Our Roles .............................................................. 1
Length of Expressways and Transition of Number of Vehicles ....... 3
Renewal of Expressways ................................................................... 4
Disaster Recovery of Expressways ............................................... 5
Connecting Expressways .................................................................. 6
Making Expressways Safer ............................................................... 8
Towards Enhanced Safety and Comfortability of Expressways ... 10
Plans and Results of Main Outcome Indicators ..................... 11■Overview of the Agencys Purpose and Role .................................................. 12
２. Expressway Project Scheme ......................................................... 12
３. Mid-term Goals and Plans .............................................................. 12

s Works

１. Principal Agency activities ............................................................. 13－ Early and reliable debt repayments (debt management) －２. Debt Repayment Plans and Transition of Achievements ... 13
３. Funding Status ................................................................................... 14
４. Conclusions and amendments of agreements ....................... 15
５. Interest-free Loans to the Companies ....................................... 15－ Support for implementing the necessary road maintenance (asset
management), while maintaining appropriate management levels －６. Agent Service of Road Management Rights and Other Duties .... 16
７. Subsidy Program ................................................................................ 18
８. Management of Railway Facilities Connecting Honshu and Shikoku .. 18■Organization

１. Background of Establishment ....................................................... 19
２. Organization Chart ............................................................................ 20
３. Access ................................................................................................... 20
４. Conclusion ............................................................................................ 21＝Abbreviation＝In this pamphlet, therefers to Japan Expressway Holding and Debt
refers to 6 companies operating
Repayment Agency, and theexpressways: East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (NEXCO East), Central Nippon
Expressway Co., Ltd. (NEXCO Central), West Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (NEXCOWest), Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd., Hanshin Expressway Co., Ltd., and HonshuShikoku Bridge Expressway Co., Ltd. (HSBE).
“IC” refers to an interchange, “JCT” refers to a junction,“ SA” refers to a service area,
and“ PA” refers to a parking area.

=Validity of Information=

Information provided in this pamphlet is valid as of FY 2020, unless otherwise
speciﬁed the time.

Current Conditions of Expressways
and Activities Underway
１．Expressways and Our Roles

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway➡

Expressways are essential public facilities that enrichs lives.
We are developing belt lines to shorten the travel time for people andgoods, and to promote the distribution of food and products.

➡

Expressways are supporting safe life. Disasters, such as typhoons
and heavy snowfalls, have been frequently occurring in recent years.
Reliable maintenance work and the management of expressways has
been performed in preparation for disasters, while proceeding withenhancements to make roads disaster resistant.

➡

Furthermore, as more than 50 years have passed since theconstruction of the ﬁrst expressway, the deterioration of bridges andtunnels due to aging continues. We are continuously engaged inrenewal and repairs in order to pass down safe, high-quality roads
to future generations.

Construct
Bridge construction

Tunnel excavation

Build a bridge at a stretch while cutting oﬀ the traﬃc.

Dig deep under the city center.

Use

1Protect
Snow removal

Bridge inspection

Tunnel inspection

Inspection using drones

Inspection using a mobile tunnel
inspection vehicle

Before pavement repair

After pavement repair

Traﬃc control

Control of violating vehicles

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Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway

Road cleaning２．Length of Expressways and Transition of Number of Vehicles
Use➡
The total length of expressways has increased by about 5,100 km➡ since FY 1987, to about 10,400 km as of the end of FY 2021.

The current expressway plan for a length of 14,000 km wasestablished in 1987.＊

The total length under our management has
increased by about 1,440 km since theprivatization in October 2005.

[Main lines that newly opened]
・Whole length of Kita-Kanto Expressway(March 2011)
・Whole length of Joban Expressway(March 2015)
・Whole length of Central Circular Route(March 2015)
・Miyazaki City is directly connected to Kitakyushu
City on the Higashi-Kyushu Expressway(April 2016)
・Ken-O Expressway is connected to 6 radial roads
between Tomei Expressway and Higashi-Kanto
Expressway(February 2017)
・Tokyo Gaikan Expressway and 4 radial roads(Higashi-Kanto Expressway, Joban Expressway,
Tohoku Expressway, Kan-etsu Expressway) areconnected(June 2018)
・Whole length of Yamatogawa Route (March 2020)
・Whole length of Mei-Nikan Expressway(May 2021)

New sections after the privatization
Length（km）

Number of vehicles using expressways（100 million vehicles）

10,600 ■ Length
Increased about 5,100 km (about 200%)
10,0705,300 km (1987) ⇒ 10,390 km (2021)■ Number of vehicles using expressways
Increased about 1.39 billion (about 170%)
FY2021

FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016FY2015

Number of vehicles using expressways

FY2014FY2013

FY2012FY2011FY2010FY2009FY2008FY2006

FY2007

FY2005

FY2004

FY2003

FY2002

FY2001

FY2000LengthFY1999FY1998FY1997

FY1996

FY1995

FY1994

FY1993

FY1992

FY1991

FY1990

FY19891.9 billion (1987) ⇒ 3.29 billion (2021)

FY1988

9,540
9,010
8,480
7,950
7,420
6,890
6,360
0
5,830
5,300
4,770
4,240

FY1987

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway➡

The total number of vehicles using the expressways annually has increased by about
1.4 billion as of FY2021, with about 9.0 million vehicles using our expressways
daily, even though temporary increases and decreases occur from time to time.

38.0
36.1
34.2
32.3
30.4
28.5
26.6
24.7
22.8
20.9
19.0
17.1
15.2

In the "Fourth Comprehensive National Development Plan" (Cabinet decision on June 30, 1987),＊

high-standard highways (referred to as expressways in this pamphlet) are determined to beabout 14,000 km so that they are available in about an hour from regional center/core cities,
regional cities as a center of local development, and their surrounding areas in about one hour.

TopicsComfortable road surface ratio(Average by companies, Unit: %)96 ⇒ 95 or more

(Results of FY2021) (Target for FY2022)(Provision of comfortable service)

The traﬃc volume on expressways is increasing year after year and the deterioration of
pavement associated with this situation is also becoming more severe, however we havebeen able to maintain a comfortable road surface ratio (ratio of the road surface thatfacilitates comfortable driving with no unevenness or cracks) at 95% or more since FY2014.

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３．Renewal of Expressways
Protect➡

There are a lot of deteriorations as well as aging observed on the bridges
on expressways due to the severe conditions of use such as increase in
the traﬃc of large vehicles and increase in the vehicle weight.

➡

In order to maintain expressways in long-lasting good conditions,
we use the latest technology to promote large-scale renewals andrepairs of structures that may develop into serious deteriorations.

■ Example of large-scale renewal (replacement of ﬂoor slab)○Deterioration of bridge deck concrete due to aging
Deterioration

Sedimentation of ﬂoor
slab concrete

Floor slab bottom

Exfoliation of concrete
Corrosion and exposure of rebar

Concrete cracks

Replace reinforced concrete slabs with durable prestressed
concrete slabs while considering about the traﬃc.
Replacement image of a ﬂoor panel

Structure of prestressed concrete slab
Loop joint bar

Slab stop

Stab stop hole

Filling

Forehead
frame
Main
beam

Edge
frame

Precast slab

Two-way
対面通行規制
traﬃcregulation

Topics
Initiated bridge repair ratio(Average by companies, Unit: %)85 ⇒ 89(Results of FY2021) (Target for FY2022)

Bridgerepair
橋梁補修工事(Ensure safety and reliability)

We inspect bridges and tunnels once every 5 years and repair broken parts to ensure
the safe use of expressways. The initiated repair ratio shows the percentage of bridges
that we have started the repair work among the bridges that require repairs. Plans
are proceeding for repairing about 3,300 bridges (including spans of urban
expressways), which were found to be necessary as a result of inspections conducted
over a ﬁve year period between FY2014 and FY2018.

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Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway➡

Aging has been progressing on expressways, such as the Tomei
Expressway, which has been in service for more than 50 years. If thecurrent situation continues until 2030, roads that have had more than
30 years of service will comprise about 80% of all the expressways.

４．Disaster Recovery of Expressways
Protect

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway➡

In July 2021, a rainy season front that stagnated in the vicinity of Japanbrought record-breaking rainfall to many areas of the country. Heavy
rainfall during this period caused a slope collapse at Zushi IC on the
Yokohama-Yokosuka Road.

➡

Furthermore, in August of the same year, record-breaking rainfall in the
Kyushu and Chugoku regions caused a sediment inﬂow in the area
between Takada IC and Chiyoda IC on the Chugoku Expressway.

➡

These emergency recovery works have been completed and there are no
ongoing closures. We are engaged in continuing recovery work atpresent.

Ramp section of Zushi IC of the Yokohama-Yokosuka Road

(Disaster status)(Emergency recovery work status)
Reopened on September 30, 2021.

Chugoku Expressway (between Takata IC and Chiyoda IC)(Disaster status)

TopicsPeriod of closure(Total of companies, Unit: hour)

243(Results of FY2021)(Emergency recovery work status)
Road closures lifted three days
after the disaster.

(Ensure safety and reliability)

Even though the road closure periods, due to rain, snow, accidents and road works, vary depending on
the weather each year, we are conducting construction to prevent disasters, while implementing
measures to prevent traﬃc accidents in order to ensure that the period of closure is as short as possible.

5５．Connecting Expressways
Construct■ Harima Expressway (between Harima-Shingu IC and Shiso JCT)[Eﬀect of development after opening]

Wide-area map
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Ochiai JCT

Sayo-Hirafuku IC

Sayo JCT

Shiso JCT
Yamasaki IC

Sayo IC

Hokubo JCT

Harima Expressway

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Ayabe JCT

Kyoto Prefecture

Hyogo
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Harima Expressway
YoshikawaJCT(between Harima-Shingu IC and Shiso JCT)
Extension of 11.5 km
2022
Sanyo-Himeji-Higashi IC Opened March 12,
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Okayama JCT■ Comparison of travel time before and after opening
Tottori City

〈Tottori City⇔Himeji City〉
Route before opening
Route after opening

San’ in Region

Approx. 2 hr. 15 min.

(National Route 53)

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Time shortened by approx. 45 minutes
compared to general roads

OkayamaCity

Opened section

Himeji City
Time shortened byapprox. 20 minutes

Approx. 1 hr. 55 min.

Time shortened byapprox. 20 minutes

Before opening: via National Route 53 only
(driving distance: approx. 136km)

Approx. 3 hr. 25 min.
Before opening: via Tottori Expwy., Chugoku Expwy. &Okayama Expwy. (driving distance: approx. 199km)

Approx. 2 hr. 55 min.
After opening: via Tottori Expwy., Harima Expwy. &Sanyo Expwy. (driving distance: approx. 173km)

Approx. 2 hr. 40 min.

Time shortened byapprox. 45 minutes

Okayama City

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After opening: via Tottori Expwy. & Harima Expwy.
(driving distance: approx. 128km)

Himeji City

〈Tottori City⇔Okayama City〉
Route before opening

Tottori
Prefecture

Sanyo Region
Before opening: via Tottori Expwy. & Rt. 179(driving distance: approx. 113km)

Source: FY2015 National Road/Street Traﬃc Situation and General Traﬃc Volume Survey* Calculated using FY2015 National Road/Street Traﬃc Situation and General Traﬃc Volume Survey (12-hour
daytime average travel speed) and speed limits. Tottori-Himeji Line calculated with a speed limit of 70km/h.

Source: NEXCO-West survey

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway➡
➡

An 11.5 km extension of the Harima Expressway, between Harima-Shingu IC
and Shiso JCT, was opened on March 12, 2022. With this opening, the entire
Himeji-Tottori Line of the Trans-Chugoku Expressway is now open to traﬃc.
This opening is expected to strengthen ties between the San’in and Sanyoregions and secure transportation capacity in the event of an earthquake orother disaster.

５．Connecting Expressways
Construct■ Tokushima-Nanbu Expressway (between Tokushima JCT and Tokushima-Okinosu IC)This opening is expected to strengthen inter-regional exchanges in southern
Tokushima Prefecture, ease traﬃc congestion along the road, and strengthenalternative transport capacity in the event of a disaster.
Example of tsunami evacuation site
(earth mound type)

Takamatsu-chuo IC

Hyogo Prefecture
Awaji Island

Sakaide JCT

Kagawa Prefecture

Naruto JCT

Tokushima IC
Kawanoe-higashi JCT

Kawanoe JCT

Tokushima Prefecture

Ehime Prefecture

Kochi Prefectur

Kochi IC

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Tokushima JCT

Tokushima-Nanbu Expressway(between Tokushima JCT and Tokushima-Okinosu IC)
Extension of 4.7 km
Opened March 21, 2022

Tokushima-Okinosu
Tokushima-Tsuda

Komatsushima(tentative name)

Tokushima-Nanbu
Expressway

TopicsLoss time on congestion(Total of companies, Unit: 10,000 vehicles/hr)

4,447 ⇒ 5,233（Results of FY2021) (Target for FY2022)(Provision of comfortable service)

We are constructing new expressways and implementing pinpoint
measures to counter congestion (construction to eliminate the cause ofcongestion), in order to reduce congestion as much as possible.
Congestion time losses decreased signiﬁcantly in FY2021, due to a
reduction in the annual number of vehicles using our expressways, whichwere impacted by the spread of infection from the novel coronavirus.

7

The transition of congestion time loss
and annual number of vehicles on main lines

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Annual number of vehicles

Annual number of vehicles [unit: one million vehicles]ku

Ocean side

NarutoCongestion time loss on main lines [unit: 10,000 vehicle-hour]ToCurrent Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway➡
➡

A 4.7 km extension of the Tokushima-Nanbu Expressway, between Tokushima JCT
and Tokushima-Okishima IC, was opened on March 21, 2022. With this opening, theTokushima Expressway and Tokushima-Nanbu Expressway are now connected.

Congestion time loss on main lines

６．Safety Improvements of Expressways
Protect➡

Implementations with the
Accelerated Strategies for Disaster
Prevention and Reduction, as well as Enhancement of National La ＊2
in a systematic manner, through the conversion of provisional 2-laneroads to 4-lane roads, are made in order to prevent slowdowns andaccidents, as well as to secure passage in the event of a disaster,
enabling recovery works, while the traﬃc continues to ﬂow. The
installation of wire ropes etc., is also promoted as a temporary emergency
measure to prevent vehicles from diverting into oncoming traﬃc.

➡

Eﬀorts will continue to be made on traﬃ c safety measures, especiallyat accident black spots, to improve the safety of expressways.

＊1 The number of accidents when 10,000 vehicles travel 10,000 km＊２ Cabinet decision on December 11, 2020
2-lane way

Expanded to 4-lane

Expansion of lanes

Installation of wire ropes

Eﬀect of 4-lane expansion of Tateyama Expressway

Changes in the total fatal accident rate of the 6 companies■ 2-lane way (Kimitsu IC - Futtsu Takeoka IC)
Photo of accident

Injury/death accident ratio(cases/100 million vehicles per km)

The ratio has been steadily decreasing,about 70% since the establishmentof the Agency.

15.0
13.0

■ Injury/death accident ratio between
Kimitsu IC and Futtsu Chuo IC(Unit: cases/
100 million vehicles per km)

Injury/death accident ratio

About 70% decrease
13 cases/100 million vehicles per km (2006)⇒ 4.0 cases/100 million vehicles per km (2021)

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Before expansion(FY2014 ‒ FY2018)

After expansion(April ‒ October 2019)

TopicsRatio : Total number of cases/100 million vehicles per km
Source : Survey by NEXCO East
(Before expansion 2014 – 2018
After expansion April – October 2019)

Injury/death accident ratio(Average by companies in FY 2021)

About 4.0 cases/100 million vehicles per km

8Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway➡

The ratio of accidents on expressways resulting in injury or death＊1
has decreased by about 70% since FY2006, following theestablishment of the Agency.

６．Safety Improvements of Expressways
Protect➡

The installation of large arrow road markings, rubber poles, highintensity arrow boards, etc., has been completed at all diverging andmerging points of every IC, SA, PA and the like. The result has showna decrease in the number of accidents caused by wrong-way driving.

➡
The aim is to eliminate accidents due to wrong-way driving and➡ promote further measures to ensure the safe use of expressways.

In addition, we are implementing measures acquired from publicappeals, as well as promotional activities.

Three-dimensional arrow road surface signs using optical illusion

TopicsPressure wall

Dissemination of awareness with website contents

Incidents of wrong-way driving accidents(Total of companies, Unit: cases)

Number of wrong-way driving accidents

37 ⇒ 17(Results of FY2021) (Target for FY2022)(Ensure safety and reliability)

In FY2021, the number of wrong-way driving accidents increased,coinciding with the upward trend in annual usage compared to FY2020.
We will continue to promote measures such as the use of road surface
markings and signage in order to reduce the number of wrong-way
driving accidents in an eﬀort to reduce it to zero.

9[Unit: cases]

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway■Wrong-way driving countermeasure technology on expressways(technologies gained through public appeal)

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７．Towards Enhanced Safety and Comfortability of Expressways[Outcome indicators]➡
➡

There are currently 37 items. Here are the major outcome
indicators relating to Ⅰ . Ensuring safety and reliability and
Ⅱ. Provision of comfortable service.
We are making eﬀorts to improve expressway services by setting thetargets in addition to actual results and systematically working on thebusiness.

Common goals and outcome indicators of the Agency and the Companies[Common goals]．Ensuring safety and reliability．Provision of comfortable service[Major outcome indicators]
Injury/death
accident ratio

Incidents ofwrong-waydriving accidents

Initiated
repair ratio

Loss time on
Comfortable
Loss timeon congestion congestion due road surface
to road works
ratio[Means to achieve the goal]
Measures against
accidents(See page 8)

Measures against
wrong-way driving(See page 9)

TopicsActivities for
FY2022

Inspection
and repair(See page 2 and 4)

Measures againstcongestion(See page 6 and 7)

Consideration of Inspections
construction works and repairs(See page 4) (see pages 2 and 3)① With the start of the Agency’s Fifth Mid-Term Plan, new mid-term targets(FY2025) were established for encouraging the Companies to systematically workon their own management indicators, further improving the standards of expressway
management, and enhancing the services available for expressway users.
② In order to clearly understand the current state and eﬀects of the Companies’
eﬀorts to achieve targets such as “reduce accidents that result in death andinjury” and “reduce traﬃc congestion”, related indicators were reorganized into
indicators that manage target values (main indicators) and indicators thatcomplement the main indicators by grasping the actual performance values(subordinate indicators).
③ Indicators whose targets have been achieved have been eliminated.
・Elimination of “sections with no gas stations (>150km)” was achieved.
・The “number of pedestrian entrances and exits from general roads to service
areas, etc.” is estimated to have been met in FY2020.

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Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway➡

The Agency has established a common objective indicators (outcome
indicators) for all companies, in cooperation with them to improve thesafety and convenience of each company’s expressway, while showing
the situations of expressways to users.

８．Plans and Results of Main Outcome Indicators(FY2021 performance values)
The decrease in the annual number of vehicles using our expressways due to the impact of COVID-19 wasless apparent compared to FY2020 values, but usage rates are still less than in the years before the start ofthe pandemic. On the other hand, time loss due to congestion is trending upward alongside the recovering
numbers of the annual number of vehicles using our expressways. The comfortable road surface ratio remained
high, as in the previous ﬁscal year, thanks to our timely and appropriate repair work to ruts and cracks in roadsurfaces.

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway(FY2022 target values)
Target values for the respective indices are set based on certain assumptions (gradual recovery of thenumber of vehicles using our expressways, etc.) with regard to the eﬀects of COVID-19. Therefore, they may
be subject to signiﬁcant impact from the eﬀects on traﬃc conditions associated with changes in the state of
infection.

Ⅰ．Ensuring safety and reliability
NEXCO
East

NEXCO
Central

NEXCO
West

FY 2020 result

2.9

4.1

3.2

2.3

8.4

10.6

FY 2021 result

3.3

3.8

3.2

2.8

8.1

10.4

FY 2022 target

3.3

5.0

4.2

3.8

9.2

10.3

FY 2020 result

6

4

9

0

1

0

FY 2021 result

7

3

21

2

3

1

FY 2022 target

6

6

5

0

0

0

70
498
707
80
568
707
83
587
707

74
564
767
87
664
767
93
712
767

54
507
945
76
714
945
84
795
945

100
10
10
100
10
10
100
10
10

100
590
590
100
590
590
100
590
590

79
240
305
87
264
305
90
273
305

Indicator■Injury/death accident ratio[Unit: cases/100 million vehicles per km]
The ratio o f accidents resulted in injury or
death (cases/100million vehicles per km)■Incidents of wrong-way
driving accidents[Unit: cases]
Number of accidents due towrong-way driving■Initiated bridge repair ratio[Unit: bridges or spans (Metropolitan
Expressway, Hanshin Expressway)]＊1

FY 2020 result(Upper row) ⇒Initiated bridge repair ratio:(Middle row)/(Lower row)(Middle row) ⇒The number of bridges that we have
FY 2021 result
started the repair work (including design) by theyear of survey, among the bridges that is determined as the category Ⅲ and Ⅳ＊2 in 2014 2018.
(Lower row) ⇒ The number of bridges that require
repairs (those determined as the category Ⅲ and FY 2022 target
Ⅳ as a result of our inspection in 2014 - 2018)

Honshu-Shikoku Metropolitan Hanshin

Bridge Expressway Expressway Expressway

Ⅱ. Provision of comfortable service
NEXCO
East

NEXCO
Central

NEXCO
West

FY 2020 result

477

739

262

3

1,510

554

FY 2021 result

590

895

287

3

1.860

812

FY 2022 target

779

1,185

594

3

2,270

880

FY 2020 result

11

171

27

1

38

12

FY 2021 result

9

315

51

1

57

15

48

431

81

1

110

123

96

97

97

95

97

97

Indicator■Loss time on congestion[Unit: 10,000 vehicles/hr]
Annual loss time of expressway
users due to congestion■Loss time on congestion
due to road works[Unit: 10,000 vehicles/hr]
Annual loss time of expressway
users due to congestion caused by FY 2022 target
road works■Comfortable road surface ratio

FY 2020 result

Honshu-Shikoku Metropolitan Hanshin

Bridge Expressway Expressway Expressway[Unit:%]FY 2021 result
95
96
98
96
97
97
The ratio of lane length of paved
FY
2022
target
95
95
98
95
97
97
road surface for comfortable driving＊1 Span refers to the distance between fulcrums (piers or abutments) of a viaduct or a bridge.
＊2 The category refers to the following categories relating to soundness diagnosis.
Category Ⅰ : Sound operation (The function of the structure is not affected.)Category Ⅱ : Prevention (The function of the structure is not affected, but it is advisable to take some measuresfrom the viewpoint of prevention.)
CategoryⅢ : Early action (The function of the structure may be aff ected, and it is necessary to take measures
immediately.)
CategoryⅣ : Emergency (The function of the structure has been aff ected or is very likely to be aff ected, and it isnecessary to take measures urgently.)11

Overview of the Agencys Purpose and Role
The Agency aims to reduces burden relating to expressways and support successful
implementations of the expressway business of the Companies, by holding and leasing
expressway assets and repaying debts rapidly and reliably.

in theexpressway
services

Convenience
Reasonable price

We contribute to oﬀer
the services while
reducing people’s
burden.

２．Expressway Project Scheme
Agreements

The Agency maintains expressway assets, leases them to the Companies, and receives
payment of leasing fees from the Companies to repay the debts, including those due to thepast construction of expressways. The Companies properly manage the expressway assets
leased from the Agency, collect fees from the users to appropriate the fees to the payment ofleases, while promoting construction and renovation of expressways and delivering them to the
Agency together with the debts.

３．Mid-term Goals and Plans
The Agency is prescribed to be a corporation managed under the mid-term objectives as
stipulated in the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies. The Agency,
therefore, formulated the “Fifth Mid-term Plan” to achieve “the ﬁfth mid-term targets”,
objectives set forth by the government for FY2022 through FY2025, and is working on vital
missions, including “holding and leasing of expressway assets”, “ensuring early debt
repayment”, and “support for the smooth operation of expressways”.

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Current ConditionsOverview
of Expresswaysof the Agency
and Activities Underway

The missionof theAgency is
to pursuit:

Safetys Works
１．Principal Agency activities
The Agency aims to reduce the burden associated with expressways on the citizens, while
supporting the smooth implementation of expressway operations by companies. It is generally
proceeding with activities with three pillars in the environment that surrounds the Agency.
Speciﬁcally, these activities largely encompass (1) early and reliable debt repayment(debt management) and (2) support for implementing the necessary road maintenanceand maintaining appropriate management levels (asset management).
Furthermore, (3) capability enhancements of organizations and human resources, aswell as promoting and improving the eﬃciency of operational management and the like.

Current Conditions of Expressways
s Works
and Activities Underway(1) Early and reliable debt repayment(2) Support for implementing the necessary road maintenance,
while maintainingg appropriate
pp pmanagement levels

Debt management●Enhancement of financial strengths●Diversification of fund procurements

Asset management●Conclusion and amendment of agreementsthat assure future certainties●Fund management●Reliable implementation of operational management
Outcome Indicators
Incentive subsidies
Authority representations, etc.

(3) Enhancement of an operational foundation that supports the implementation of resolutions for issues●Enhancement of organizational and human resource capabilities●Improvement of operational management, etc.

－ Early and reliable debt repayments (debt management) －２．Debt Repayment Plans and Transition of Achievements
The below ﬁgure shows the debt repayment plan and the transition of achievements
since the establishment of the Agency.
The total outstanding obligations based on the debt repayment plan were 26.3 trillion yen
as of the end of FY 2021.
The debt reduction（based on the debt repayment plan） counted from theestablishment of the Agency amounted to 11.8 trillion yen, as a result of taking into
account the debt repayment of 24.5 trillion yen due to the balance of accounts from theestablishment of the Agency, the undertaken debt of 15.5 trillion yen from theCompanies, and the government-inherited debt of 2.9trillion yen through the Project toPromote the Eﬀective Utilization of Expressways (＊).
◆Debt repayment plan and transition of achievements (debt balance)

＋15.5
△24.5

△9.0

28.1
26.3

End

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Y20

of F

*1: Plan values on the graph are based on the latest agreements, in which values are given for the relevant ﬁscal years.
*2: There may be discrepancies in ﬁgure totals due to rounding of fractions.
*3: The debt repayment plan and ﬁnancial statements are in portions. The remaining balance of debt is calculated according to the conceptof the debt repayment plan when comparing values of the plan against the actual performance. Speciﬁcally, the balance of debt in thedebt repayment plan is calculated from that in the ﬁnancial statements, with deductions for cash equivalents. The same deductions arealso applied on the cash deposit of 0.8 trillion yen from the fund procurement of ﬁnancial borrowings received in FY2021. Furthermore,
the accounts receivable and accounts payable are considered receipts and payments in the relevant ﬁscal year on the debt repayment
plan.
(＊) Note: The Project to Promote the Eﬀective Utilization of Expressways is based on theon Special Financial Measures forThis project implements measures to enhance theExpressway Convenience Improvement Project (revised in May 2008
convenience of expressway users, such as the additional construction of SICs and the reduction of expressway tolls to alleviate
expense.

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３．Funding Status■Funding status for FY2021■ FY 2021 external ﬁnancing results (overview)
Procurement method
Governmentguaranteed bonds

FILP agency bonds

Term

20 years
30 years
Total
4 years
20 years
28 years
29 years
30 years
31 years
32 years
33 years
34 years
Total
35 years
Total

Fiscal loan fundBorrowing
Total
Average ﬁnancing term
Average remaining period of outstanding debts

Number ofissuances

6 times
4 times
10 times
4 times
2 times
1 time1 time1 time1 time1 time1 time2 times
14 times
1 time1 time25 times

Raised amount(Unit: 100 million yen)Interest rate
(average)

11,200

0.78%

600
600
1,200
1,000
300
50
50
100
50
150
100
200
2,000
8,000
8,000

0.47%
0.71%
0.59%
0.02%
0.62%
0.75%
0.84%
0.84%
0.84%
0.87%
0.87%
0.89%
0.40%
0.90%
0.90%

24.1 years
13.0 years (5.1 years at the time of establishment)

Note 1: Each average interest rate is presented as a simple weighted average of funds raised, or the average
yield at the time of bond issuance.
Note 2: There may be discrepancies in ﬁgure totals due to rounding of fractions.

s■ Average interest rate of interest-bearing debt at the end of FY2021
Balance of interest-bearing debt at the time of establishment(as of October 1, 2005)
Balance of interest-bearing debt at the start of FY 2021
Undertaken debts
Paid debts
Mid-term
Raised fundschanges
Increase in book value due to amortization of bonds
payable discountBalance of interest-bearing debt at the end of FY 2021

Total amount(Unit: 100 million yen)

Average interest rate

373,976

1.80％

290,542
16,156△35,718
11,200

0.94％
0.12％
0.60％
0.78％

37
282,216－0.93％

Note 1: The above ﬁgures do not include inherited accounts payable relating to roads.
Note 2: The average interest rate of borrowings is shown by the weighted average using the loan amount and interest rate
thereof, and the average interest rate of debts is shown by the weighted average using the raised amount ands yield at the time of bond issuance (However, debts included inare shown by theweighted average using the book value at the time of undertaking and nominal interest rate).
Note 3: There may be discrepancies in ﬁgure totals due to rounding of fractions.

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Current Conditions of Expressways
s Works
and Activities Underway

In FY2021, funds of 1.12 trillion yen were procured using government-guaranteed bonds, FILP
agency bonds, and ﬁscal loan fund borrowing in the amount of 120 billion yen, 200 billion yen,and 800 billion yen respectively.
We have issued mid-term bonds in order to reduce interest expenses and smooth out debt
repayment and fund procurement with the prospect of long-term cash ﬂow. In addition, years tomaturity of super long-term bonds was optimized (reducing interest expenses, avoiding the riskof interest rate increases in the event of future reﬁnancing) by setting them as far as possible
before the ﬁscal year in which the demand for reﬁnancing of funds is not expected to continue.
Furthermore, in FY2021, from the perspectives of stable procurement, expansion of investor
base, and reduction of procurement costs in the mid- to long-term, we fomulated a Social
Finance Framework and obtained a second opinion from a third-party evaluation organization.
As a result, any bonds (government-guaranteed bonds and FILP agency bonds) andprivate-sector borrowing acquired after April 2022 are now treated as Social Finance.

４．Conclusions and amendments of agreements

Current Conditions of Expressways
s Works
and Activities Underway

The Agency is required to conclude agreements with companies in advance, when
conducting any operation. Agreements are also concluded as required and in an
appropriate manner, according to the signiﬁcant changes in socio-economic
situations and with changes to road policies.
We aim to achieve reliable debt repayments and the necessary maintenance of
expressways, as well as appropriate management, when concluding or amending
agreements. More speciﬁcally, the Agency predicts the legal time limit of debt
repayments in order to establish an appropriate ceiling on the amounts of new
debts, the amounts and collection periods for fees collected by companies, theexpenses required by companies to maintain and manage roads, all in an appropriatemanner with the lease fee payments to be made by the companies.
◆Summary of recent agreement amendments
・Addition of SICs using government subsidies

・Further consolidation and uniﬁcation of toll levels and implementation of toll
discounts based on the revision of the “Speciﬁc Policy on New Expressway Tolls
in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (Draft)” (March 12, 2021, Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
・Addition of 4-lane conversions for provisional 2-lane road sectors

・Extension of toll collection period on National Route 158 (Abo-Pass Road)

５．Interest-free Loans to the Companies
The Agency received 8.9 billion yen, invested by the government and local
public entities to build new or reconstruct Metropolitan Expressway and Hanshin
Expressway, and oﬀered both of them interest-free loans. The Agency also received
5.59 billion yen of government subsidy to manage connections between the said
expressways and general roads (excluding expressways), and oﬀered interest-freeloans to NEXCO East, NEXCO Central, NEXCO West, and Honshu-Shikoku Bridge
Expressway Co., Ltd.
(1) Interest-free loans funded by the government and local public entities
Government

Interest-free loans Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd.

Funding
AgencyHanshin Expressway Co., Ltd.

Local public entities(2) Interest-free loans funded by government subsidies

Subsidy
Government

Interest-free loans
Companies

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－ Support for implementing the necessary road maintenance (asset
management), while maintaining appropriate management levels －６．Agent Service of Road Management Rights and Other Duties
The Agency exercises public rights, including road closures and occupation permits forexpressways, on behalf of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, as wellas the heads of local public entities, who are original road managers, as stipulated in the Act on
Special Measures Concerning Road Construction and Improvement Act.

The standard for closure has been set for expressways, according to regional characteristics
and road structures. In the event of an accident ■Execution of road management rights
or a disaster, the Agency orders closure after re(As of the end of FY2021)
ceiving a closure request based on the stanMeasure
Number of executions
dards from the Ｃompany of expressways.
Closure/Restriction
3,915 /year
The method of closure and request procedures
Permission for special
8,068 /year
are predetermined for earthquakes and inclement vehicles
weather. This allows proper action to be taken
Control measures to1,285 /year
when it reached a certain point. Furthermore, a violating vehicles
s t ri c t e r s ta n d a r d s a r e s e t f o r ar eas w it h Permission of
3,642 /year
particular risks of secondary disaster to prevent occupation(Total 18,367)
spread of the damage.

（２）Permission for special vehicles (Road Act No.47-2,No.47-10)
The Road Act (restriction order of vehicles) regulates limitations (standard limits) on weight,
length, width, and height of vehicles. Special vehicles exceeding the conventional limits muststill meet the requirements (speciﬁed time for passage) and obtain permission for their passage
from the administrator to prevent any potential hazards to traﬃc and the road structure.
The Companies are in charge of receiving applications, and the Agency issues relevant
permissions.

（３）Control of violating vehicles (Road Act No.47-4)
The Agency is working with the Companies to place controls on vehicles violating theregulations and restrictions. The Agency also issues administrative orders to violating vehicles(e.g. order of leave from expressways) and various instructions as necessary.

①Issuance of administrative orders

The Agency issues administrative orders suchas leave from designated places, reducing loads,
and closure.

Control of violating vehicles②Strict instructions to frequent violations

The Agency issues warnings and correction
instructions to vehicles violating seriously
after calculating the number and contents ofviolations of the 6 Companies. The Agency
publicizes on its website those who do not follow
the instructions.

③Filing complaints against malicious violators

The Agency reports challenging cases over double the regulated maximum payload tothe police immediately after the Agency conﬁrms the same.

As an unprecedented eﬀort based on the above information on violation, the Companies cancels
ETC discounts for overweighting large-scale, frequent transporters as a penalty.

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Current Conditions of Expressways
s Works
and Activities Underway（１）Road closures and traﬃc restrictions (Road Act No.46)

（４）Permission of occupation (Road Act No.32)
The permission of an administrator is necessary to establish a physical facility within
expressway areas and use the roads continuously. This is called permission of occupation. The
Companies accept applications for permission on behalf of the Agency.

Examples of physical facilities

Current Conditions of Expressways
s Works
and Activities Underway

Parking lots (under elevated structures)Stores (under elevated structures)（５）Tender for occupation (Road Act No.39-4)

Facilities, such as parking lots, stores and such, for which fierce competition is expectedamong people desiring to occupy such premises, may see these individuals paying even higher
amounts than the amounts stipulated by the Road Act. A bidding system for selecting
occupiers, based on occupier fees, has been utilized for such instances, in order to improve
fairness and transparency for procedures. Six instances of bidding were conducted during
FY2021.
The implementation of this system has also contributed to an increase in the amount ofrevenue from occupier fees, which oﬀers reliable sources of income for the proper managementof roads.

◆Procedures of a tender for occupation
The administrator prepares atender guideline (determine theplace and facility target for
occupation)

Examine occupation plans
submitted by the applicants and check their
qualifications

Take applications foroccupation on the website or signboards

Perform tender foroccupation

Choose the tenderwinner and certify theoccupation plan

Permit occupation
based on the occupation
plan

Facility target for occupation
Parking lot
WarehouseStore
Solar power plantand others
The Agency’s website
https://www.jehdra.go.jp/*Japanese Only

An image of target land for tenders

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７．Subsidy Program◆Example of cost-cutting
Reducing regulatory costs through the use of mobile protective fences
In two-way traﬃc regulation for construction, a temporary median strip is installed. Whentraﬃc volume on the inbound and outbound lanes changes signiﬁcantly, the form of regulation(number of inbound and outbound lanes) is changed depending on the time of day according
to traﬃc conditions in order to control traﬃc congestion.
In doing so, the use of mobile protective fences to improve work eﬃciency when changing
the form improves the safety of both drivers and construction workers, and also reduces theoverall regulatory cost of projects by allowing the fences to be used on multiple construction
projects.
Construction
area

Construction
area

Overview of work to change regulation form
(center photo shows changeover in progress)

Mobile protective fence

８．Management of Railway Facilities Connecting Honshu and Shikoku
The Agency owns the railway facilities of the
Honshi-Bisan Line (Chayamachi Station ‒ Utazu
Station), which connects Honshu and Shikoku.
The facilities consist of railway-only sections
and common sections of roads and railways, along bridge integrated with the Honshu-Shikoku
Highway (Hayashima ‒ Sakaide). The common
section consists of road-only facilities, railwayonly facilities, and their common facilities.
Under an agreement with the Agency, themanagement of the railway-only sections iscommissioned to West Japan Railway Company(JR West) and Shikoku Railway Company (JRShikoku).

Common facility on Honshi-Bisan Line

Cross section ofcommon facility

Road-only
Railway-only
Commonfacility

Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company has been subcontracted to manage
the shared facilities.
Seismic strengthening construction work has been conducted to secure resistanceagainst large-scale earthquakes, such as a Nankai megathrust earthquake or the like.
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Current Conditions of Expressways
s Works
and Activities Underway

A subsidy program was established to encourage the Companies to reduce theirexpenses. Those making enough eﬀort for cost-cutting will beneﬁt from subsidies.
The subsidies were granted to 269 projects that have been completed, and theamount of cost-cutting is about 17 billion yen.
The Agency also posts management eﬀorts including the latest certiﬁed
technologies on its website in order to encourage the Companies to make eﬀorts
for cost-cutting. Some of the latest technologies have been standardized by theCompanies and used at construction sites for further cost-cutting.

Organization
１．Background of Establishment
・Purpose and background of privatization
Theand Rationalization Plan for Special Public Ins

a Cabinet

decision on December 19, 2001, indicated the privatization of 4 road-related public
corporations. The Agency was established on October 1, 2005, based on the 4 road-related
laws on the privatization of the 4 public corporations, together with a total of 6 Companies.

Purpose of privatization● To ensure the repayment of interest-bearing debts amounting to about 40 trillion yen.
● To promptly construct truly-needed expressways while minimizing the ﬁnancial burden imposedon the general public and paying due respect to the autonomy of the expressway operating
Companies.
● To oﬀer diverse and ﬂexible pricing and services to expressway users by utilizing know-how ofa private-sector.

Organization

The 4 laws on the privatization of the 4 road-related public corporations● Act on Expressway Companies．
● Act on the Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency, Independent
Administrative Agency．
● Act on the Establishment of Road-Related Laws in Connection with the Privatization of theJapan Highway Public Corporation, etc.
● Act for Enforcement of Acts Related to Privatization of the Japan Highway Public Corporation,
etc.

Metropolitan
Expressway Public
Corporation

Japan Highway
Public Corporation

Hanshin Expressway
Public Corporation[Companies] Construction, renewal, and management of expressways and collection of tolls
NEXCO East

NEXCO Central

Metropolitan
Expressway

NEXCO West

Hanshin
Expressway[Agency] Holding of expressways and repayment of debts

J apan Ex pre ssw ay H old ing a nd Debt Repa yment Agency

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Honshu-Shikoku
Bridge Public
Corporation＊Merge withNEXCO Westwhen thebusiness isstabilized.

Honshu-Shikoku
BridgeExpressway

２．Organization Chart
We will continue making the best eﬀorts to enhance the transparency of our
s burden, and surely pass a safe and quality expressway
network down to the next generation.
● Name:Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency●Corporate status: An independent administrative corporation based on the Act on theJapan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency, Independent
Administrative Agency●Date of establishment: October 1, 2005
●Representative:
Masaru Takamatsu , President●Number of board members: 684●Number of employees:●Organization chart:

Auditors

General Aﬀairs Division

Finance Department

Accounting Division

Planning Department

Planning Division

Kansai Department

Management Division

Management Division
Funding Division
Project Planning and
Coordination Division

Coordination Division● Website address: https://www.jehdra.go.jp/english/president.html

３．Access
Yokohama Mitsui Bldg. 5F, 1-1-2, Takashima, Nishi-ku, Yokohama City,
Kanagawa, Japan 220-0011
Tel: +81-45-228-5977(Kansai Department)
Midosuji Hommachi Bldg. 4F, 3-5-7, Hommachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City,
Osaka, Japan 541-0053
Tel: +81-6-6265-9360● Access map: https://www.jehdra.go.jp/english/org.html

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Organization

President
Acting President
Directors

General Aﬀairs
Department

４．Conclusion
Since its founding in 2005, the Japan Expressway Holding and
Debt Repayment Agency (hereinafter “Agency”) has been
providing support for the expansion and maintenance of expressway services, one of the infrastructures essential to the industry
and lifestyle of Japan, while also holding responsibility for debt andasset management through the procurement of funds and repayment on debts that support these activities.

Organization

In October of this year, the Agency entered the 17th year since
its founding, with steady progress being made in the constructionof expressways, as well as the extension of roads, that havegrown from a total span of 8,948 km at the time the Agency’s
was founded to 10,392 km, as of FY2021. During this period, thescale of debt repayments remained at about 4 trillion yen until the
Masaru Takamatsu
early 2010s and transitioned to the lower 3 trillion yen range in
President
the latter half of the decade. The scale of fund procurement, on
the other hand, decreased from a 3 trillion yen range in the latter part of the 2000s, to a level of about
2 trillion yen in the 2010s. The burden of interest payments declined from about 600 billion yen at thestart to about 300 billion yen during this period as well, eﬀectively halving due to a decrease in thebalance of outstanding debt.
A total of approximately 700 bonds were issued during this period and have worked to broaden ourinvestor base through continued communication with the market, as work progressed to diversify fundprocurement periods and the issuing of lump-sum bonds for smoother fund procurements. Taking
advantage of the continuing low-interest rate environment, as well as reducing the risk of interest
payments in the future and devising creative means through continued communication with themarket, we have been issuing bonds with diverse procurement periods and lump-sum payments for the
long- and super-long-term periods.
On the other hand, while possessing expressway assets and leasing them to six expressway
companies, the Agency has been making considerations for suﬃcient maintenance and improvements
to the service levels of our expressways, which includes safety, while at the same time taking action
to ensure reliable debt repayments in the future through revenue from the leases of such assets.
This enabled the Agency to generally reduce the debt balance by a little under 10 trillion yen since
the founding of the Agency, though this trend varied from year to year.
In the future, we can expect to see increasing uncertainty in the business environment in ways that
diﬀer from the progress of globalization and information technology, such as the occurrence of pandemics like COVID-19 and large-scale natural disasters. Accordingly, we predict greater volatility in thetrends of ﬁnancial markets, unlike the consistently low-interest rate environment of the past. We also
anticipate a change from the phase of a relaxed monetary policy, which lasted a long time, to one of anexit strategy. Amidst such circumstances, we recognize that the largest management issue we faceis how to continue skillfully exercising debt management, with cash ﬂow management at the core.
The importance of the role expressways play in the economy and society of Japan will continue togrow even more in the future, as globalization and the implementation of IT progress, natural disasters
and pandemics occur, and other such social risks increase in scale. The Agency will promote theformulation and execution of action plans that focus on activities intended to resolve operational
issues and proceed with personnel development that leads to Agency personnel forming an organization of professionals in road and ﬁnancial work, thereby providing safe and highly convenient expressway services to the public and reducing the burden of expenses on citizens, while continuing to do so
at appropriate prices.

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Networkhinhin district area

The Metropolitan area

People who work at the Agency
Saitama

Kyoto
Tokyo

Aomori

Chiba
Yokohama

Niigata
Sendai

NagoyaLEGEND

East・Centra・l West Nippon,HonshuShikoku Bridge Expressway Co., Ltd.
Sections highlighted in blue have been made available.
6-lane4-lane2-laneSection under construction

Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hanshin Expressway Co., Ltd.

Issue: The Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency
Section made available
December
2022
Section underconstruction
Others

As of the end of Aug. 2022

Section made available
IC・ names in sections under construction are temporary names.

Section under construction or investigation

As of Oct. 1, 2022

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway

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Osaka

Current Conditions of Expressways and Activities Underway