## Multilateral and Bilateral Initiatives in Individual Sectors

## (1) National Land Policy Sector

At the regular director-level bilateral meeting held with South Korea, information is exchanged concerning similar issues between the two countries, such as national land policy, regional redevelopment policy, and the promotion of appropriate land use. With France, we exchange opinions and ideas regarding national land policy and regional redevelopment policy with The Inter Ministerial Delegation for Regional Development and Attractiveness, French Republic (DATAR, CGET, General Commission for Territorial Equality). In addition, as of 2013, policy dialogue began for national development planning support in Kuwait, and August 2013 brought a new signed memorandum of policy dialogue for national development planning, and in October 2014 a policy dialogue was held with the Minister of State for Planning and Development during his visit to Japan.

## (2) Land and Construction Industry Sectors

A construction conference was held in Vietnam with the aim of supporting the overseas expansion of land and construction industry sectors. Construction conferences were also held in Singapore and Turkey to promote government and industry cooperation for the third country expansion in the field of infrastructure.

Furthermore, seminars were held in Vietnam and Myanmar with the goal of introducing related Japanese systems to establish construction and real estate business environments in ASEAN countries.

## (3) Urban Sector

In order to promote overseas expansion of environmentally-friendly urban development, urban transportation systems and multi-story parking garages, there are initiatives underway for public-private partnerships like “Japan Conference for Overseas Development of Eco-Cities (J-CODE)” and “Study Group for Overseas Development of Urban Transport Systems,” and Urban Transport Seminars being held in the Philippines and Indonesia, emerging Asian countries with top sales.

In addition, in order to promote city sales in Japan’s urban areas, MIPIM JAPAN (a domestic version of the MIPIM International Real Estate Trade Fair) was given support for its May 2015 event. There were also bilateral urban policy talks held with both China and South Korea.

## (4) Water Sector

Under the common understanding that water issues are a global problem, discussions for finding a solution are taking place at international conferences and other occasions. Japan actively participated in the discussions held at various international conferences, including the special session on water recycling and water disasters at the October 2014 “23rd United Nations Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation” in Japan, the November 2014 “OECD Meeting of the Water Governance Initiative” in France, and the March 2015 “3rd UN World Conference on Disasters” in Japan, to call for improvements in efforts related to water, sanitation and disaster prevention.

Furthermore, Japan is coordinating efforts with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO) to support the creation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) plans—considered an effective means to solve water issues—by creating materials such as the “IWRM Guidelines at River Basin Level”, training, and other efforts to contribute to the dissemination and promotion of IWRMs.

With South Korea and the United States, bilateral meetings were also held regarding issues such as rivers, erosion control, and water resource management to promote information exchange, technical cooperation, etc.

With Vietnam, a workshop on promotion of cooperation in the water sector was held in December 2014, based on the memorandum of understanding on cooperation in water resource facilities management signed with Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in June 2012. The Ministry of Construction updated the 2010 cooperation memorandum on sewage in March 2014, and in addition to the January 2015 7th Government Conference, support was given for developing standards in sewer development construction methods, establishment of sewer-related legislation, and propagation of pipe rehabilitation methods.

With Indonesia, the cooperative relationship was deepened through various activities, including an exchange of