Incorporated Administrative Agency	Summary
Public Works Research Institute	Implemented research and development to contribute to the efficient creation of quality social capital and the development of Hokkaido such as “research on prevention, reduction, and early recovery from more intensified and diverse natural disasters,” and “research on innovative technology for greener social infrastructure.”
Building Research Institute	Conducted research and development on technologies related to housing, architecture, and urban planning such as “Research and Development Related to the Promotion of Low-Carbon Housing, Architecture, and Cities”, and “Research and Development on Technology to Improve the Safety of Architecture Against Earthquakes, etc.”.
National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory	Conducted test research related to the safety assurance of land transport and air transport and environment preservation, including “promoting the development and commercialization of next generation heavy vehicles,” and “survey on driver irregularity response system”, technical standards conformity assessment of automobiles, and technical evaluations related to recalls,
National Maritime Research Institute	Conducted research on ensuring the safety of marine transport, preservation of marine environment, marine development and advanced marine transport including, “research for advanced analysis technology for high precision reproduction of marine accident occurrence conditions,” “research on green evolution of ships that contribute to revolutionary technology to reduce the environmental burden,” and “research on advancing and developing a safety evaluation method on renewable marine energy production systems.”
Port and Airport Research Institute	Conducted research and development that contributes to the formation of a safe and comfortable society, conservation and formation of a benign coastal environment, and the formation of a vital economic society such as “Development of Prediction Technology for the Degree of Damage Caused by Earthquakes and Tsunamis for Tsunami Disaster Prevention Facilities”, “Research, Experiments and Analysis to Establish Measurement Methods for CO2 Absorption and Emissions as well as Carbon Sequestration Volume in Coastal Areas”, and “Proposals for Testing Methods Regarding the Strength and Compression Characteristics of Cohesive Soil for the Design of Port and Airport Facilities”.
Electronic Navigation Research Institute	Implemented research and development for advancing air traffic management systems such as “expanding the capacity of airways,” “expanding the processing capacity of congested airports”, and “safety and technology that connects air and land.”

## (2) Regional Development Bureau Initiatives

Technical and Engineering Offices and Port and Airport Technology Investigation Offices coordinate with relevant offices in their jurisdiction for tests and research of civil works material and water quality, hydraulic tests and design for the effective and efficient development of facilities, development of environmental monitoring systems, and other matters for technology development as well as the utilization and promotion of new technology tailored to the region.

## (3) Promoting research and development technologies of construction, traffic and transportation fields

Regarding important research issues concerning construction technology that are especially urgent, issues that involve a wide range of fields are taken up and the governmental departments take the lead with the coordination of industry, academia and government to implement research comprehensively and organizationally for the “comprehensive technology development projects” where in fiscal year 2013, research and development is being conducted for a total of six issues including the “development of function continuity technology for the disaster site buildings.”

Also, for the traffic and transportation fields, technological research and development that contributes to ensuring safety, improving convenience, and protecting the environment are being promoted efficiently and effectively with the coordination of industry, academia and government and in fiscal year 2013 the “promotion of comprehensive technology development for advanced control and management systems in the field of transport” is being undertaken.

## (4) Supporting Private Sector Technological Research and Development

To promote private sector investments in research and development, support is given through special tax treatment regarding experiment and research expenses.

## (5) Promoting Public Invitation Type Research and Development Subsidy Systems

To promote technological innovation in the construction sector, for the “Construction Technology Research and Development Subsidy Program” that invites the public to make proposals for technological research and development that contribute to the sophistication and strengthening of international competitiveness of construction technology under MLIT’s authority, two types of public invitation are made, public invitations for technology development that solves policy issues (aiming to implement in 2-3 years) and public invitations for technology development in response to earthquakes (aiming to implement in 1-2 years) and in fiscal 2013, 3 new issues were adopted and 23 issues were carried over.