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## [Responding to the aging society]

MLIT is working to improve the living environment for the elderly to ensure they can live securely. The ministry is also providing transport services to cope with the aging society.

## [Providing quality housing]

○ Developing and utilizing quality housing stock

MLIT is taking a number of steps to make better use of the existing housing stock. Among them are: creating environments conducive to the markets for existing homes and housing improvement; taking steps against corrupt renovations; systematically improving the stock of public rental properties; encouraging appropriate management of condominiums and facilitating their rebuilding; and promoting the conversion of office buildings to housing. The ministry is also providing tax and financial incentives for people to own quality houses. In addition, MLIT is working to maintain the quality of housing.

International comparison of existing home sales

Existing home sales
Percentage of Existing home sales in relation to overall home sales

(Unit: million houses)

Notes:1. Overall home sales represent the total of new housing starts and existing home sales.

2. New housing starts data are for FY2004 for Japan, 2003 for the U.S. and the U.K., and 2004 for France.

3. Existing home sales data are for 2003 for Japan and the U.S., 2004 for the U.K., and 2000 for France.

Resources: Japan: MLIT, New Dwellings Started (FY2004); Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (MPHPT),

2003 Housing and Land Survey

U.S.: Statistical Abstract of the U.S. 2004-2005

U.K.: Housing Statistics 2004

France: Compiled from the website of the Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure, Tourism and the Sea (http://www.equipement.gouv.fr/)

## ○ Improving the framework for administrative guidance and oversight of construction activities

In light of the problem of fabricated structural calculation data sheets, MLIT is committed to improving and strengthening the framework for administrative guidance and oversight of construction activities. The ministry works to secure the safety of buildings, with special emphasis on disaster preparedness of built-up areas. MLIT has also taken appropriate measures to prevent accidents involving buildings.

## ○ New directions for residential land policy

MLIT is exploring new residential land policies, including promoting the supply of high quality land for housing, making effective use of fixed-term leaseholds, reviewing quantitative supply measures for land for housing, and the revitalization of "new town".

## ☐ Promoting residence in built-up areas

MLIT recognizes the need to transform existing urban areas into attractive areas with a highly integrated complex of various urban functions. It also recognizes the need of people in regional cities to live in built-up areas so that they can do without cars. Based on such recognition, MLIT is committed to providing quality urban housing and developing urban residential zones so that people are able to live and work in close proximity.
## [Toward a comfortable life]

## ☐ Sewerage development

There are significant gaps in sewerage coverage among regions. MLIT is working to close these gaps by encouraging sewerage development by municipalities, while ensuring overall efficiency of their efforts through such means as stepping up coordination among individual projects to develop waste water treatment facilities. The ministry is also addressing new challenges. For example, MLIT is taking steps to prevent floods in urban areas, improve combined sewer systems, and promote advanced wastewater treatment in closed water areas.

Sewerage coverage in municipalities of different population scales (as of the end of FY2004)

Population scale	Over one million	0.5-1 million	0.3-0.5 million	0.1-0.3 million	50,000-100,000	Below 50,000

Source: MLIT

## ○ Urban park development

Urban parks constitute a basis for meeting diverse needs of the people, including an affluent living environment and fulfilling recreation activities. MLIT promotes urban park development so that such parks will also serve as a catalyst for many objectives, including: the community development that accommodates a falling birthrate and graying populations; the conservation or even creation of favorable natural environments; and tourism development and exchange and partnership among municipalities and other local entities that build on their own characters.

## ☐ Stable supply of water resources

Climate and geographical conditions of Japan are rather unfavorable for stable use of water resources. In response, MLIT is redoubling its efforts to ensure stable use of water from both the supply and demand side. Efforts at the supply side include the construction of water resources development facilities and those at the demand side include the promotion of recycling and reuse of water.

## ○ Promoting road development that puts pedestrians and cyclists first

MLIT puts pedestrians and cyclists before drivers, particularly in community roads, so that such roads serve as a safe and quality living space.
## [Improving convenience in daily life]

Along with promoting Traffic Demand Management (TDM), MLIT is making efforts toward stimulation of public transport at the local level and general ease of use of the facilities by formulating the Public Transport Stimulation Total Program. Furthermore, MLIT aims at achieving more comfortable and safety public transport through developing urban railway networks, urban monorails/ automated guideway transits, and light rail transit (LRT) systems as well as improving bus availability.

## [Promoting IT revolution]

○ Developing location information systems using ubiquitous technologies

Since FY2004, MLIT has been promoting the “Free Mobility Project,” which makes use of Japan’s advanced ubiquitous network technology, through the coordination and cooperation of industry, government, academic institutions, and citizens. The success of this project has led MLIT, in coordination with industry, government, academic institutions, and citizens, to explore the multifaceted application of ubiquitous location information systems as a new kind of social infrastructure.

Free Mobility Project

Location information can be read with a cellular handset from electronic tags and the like embedded in walkways, guidance signboards, and other objects. Information is provided in real time in a form suiting the user's physical condition. Provided information includes: travel routes, means of transport, and destination information.

Electronic tags embedded in bumpy guidance tiles to mark the path for the blind

Electronic tags attached to pictograms, etc.

Extremely small IC chip measuring 0.4 millimeters

Photograph / Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Guides users as to the precise location of their destination through voice and vibration

All information obtainable with a single cellular handset

Means of transport, location information, and other information provided in multiple languages

## ☐ Taking advantage of IT in public transport

With the goal of better service for public transport users, MLIT is moving forward with the “e-Airport” initiative and working toward enhanced provision of public transport information using optical communication technologies.

## ○ Promoting ITS

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are designed to link humans, roads, and vehicles using state-of-the-art information and communication technology. Among such systems MLIT is promoting the Electronic Toll Collection System (ETC), the Vehicle Information and Communication System (VICS), and ITS for bus services. The ministry is also promoting further development of ITS services, such as the Automated Highway System (AHS), Advanced Safety Vehicles (ASV), and electronic license plates called "smart plates."
Example where each application requires its own in-vehicle device, resulting in user inconvenience

## ○ Realization of “Digital Japan

MILT is actively promoting the digitization and provision of geographic information as well as promoting GIS itself and high quality services utilizing GIS.

## ○ Realization of Electronic Government

MLIT is promoting the facilitation of online usage, the One-Stop Service for procedures related to automobile ownership, and electronic bidding and contract procedures.

## ☐ Optical fiber networks

As well as developing networks of multipurpose ducts for optical fibers for public facility management and leasing vacant spaces in the ducts to the private sector, MLIT also allows the sector to have access to the optical fibers, which will not be used for a while, for supervising rivers and roads.

## [Promoting recreation activities]

To promote recreation activities, MLIT is promoting, among others, the development of state-managed parks that meet the needs that a single local government cannot satisfy. Other measures the ministry is taking in this field include: promoting the use of and optimizing pleasure boats in an integrated way; supporting the development of marinas; promoting marine recreation by coping with growing numbers of boats moored without permission or those sunk and disused; and promoting sky leisure.
○ Points of this year’s Remuneration Recommendation:

Both monthly salaries and bonuses shall be reduced.

~ Average annual remuneration shall be reduced by 94,000 yen (1.5%).

(Principally, monthly salaries for employees in their late fifties shall be reduced.)

① Monthly remuneration shall be reduced in order to eliminate the negative public-private differential (the public sector remuneration exceeds that of the private sector by 0.19%).

—There will be a reduction of salary and managerial allowance by a fixed rate for employees older than 55 years of age, and reduction of salary schedules.

② The End-of-term and Diligence Allowances (“bonus”) shall be reduced by 0.2 months of salary.

### I. Basic Concept of the Remuneration Recommendation

• The NPA Remuneration Recommendation functions to ensure appropriate remuneration for national public employees as a compensatory measure for restrictions of fundamental labor rights. It provides the basis for maintaining efficient administration.

• Since it is difficult to determine national public employee remuneration levels by market mechanisms, the most reasonable method of determining them in Recommendation is to follow the private sector's remuneration rates, which are determined by labor-management negotiations and reflect the current economic and employment situation.

### I I. Remuneration Revision based on the Public-Private Remuneration Differential

1. Public-Private Remuneration Comparison

A field survey was conducted on approximately 450,000 individual remunerations of about 11,000 private enterprise establishments. (Survey completion rate: 89.7%)

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The NPA surveyed actual remuneration paid for April 2010 in the national public and the private sectors, and compared the equivalent groups of data that hold the same major remuneration-determining factors such as post level, age, educational background, and area of service. The survey also reflects the conditions of private corporations which cancelled regular base pay increases, cut wages, and so forth.

○Public-Private Differential: -757 yen -0.19%

[Administrative Service Salary Schedule (I) current remuneration: 395,666 yen, average age:
### 41.9 ]

(Salary -637 yen, Managerial Allowance -51 yen, Rebound $ ^{**} $ -69 yen)

** “Rebound” means the change in the amount of allowances caused by the revision of basic salaries, given that certain allowances, like the Area Allowance, are calculated as a certain proportion of the basic salary.

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The annual bonus payments from August 2009 through July 2010 in the private sector were compared with the public sector annual bonus.

Private sector payment: 3.97 months of salary

(Public sector payment: 4.15 months of salary)

### 2. Contents and Concept of Remuneration Revision

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In order to eliminate the public-private differential, monthly remuneration shall be reduced. There shall be both a revision of salary schedules and an adjustment of the remuneration levels of employees in their late fifties.

(1) Salary and managerial allowance for employees older than 55 years of age (excluding employees whose grades of duty are $ 5^{th} $ grade or below of Administrative Service (I) Salary Schedule or equivalent) shall be reduced by a fixed rate ( $ −1.5\% $ ).

Does not apply to Medical Service (I) Salary Schedule (in order to secure human resources), Designated Service Salary Schedule (because monthly salary is designated corresponding to each position), etc.

(2) In addition, salary schedules for middle-aged and older employees shall be reduced.

## ① Administrative (I) Salary Schedule:

Shall be reduced in order to eliminate the public-private differential that is existent even after the measures in (1) are taken (average: -0.1%). The reduction shall be limited to monthly salary for employees in their forties or older.

## ② Designated Service Salary Schedule:

Shall be reduced by the rate of Public-Private Differential in Administrative (I) Salary Schedule (rate of change: -0.2%).

## ③ Other Salary Schedules:

Shall be reduced considering balance with the Administrative (I) Salary Schedule (excluding the Medical Service (I) Salary Schedule, etc.).

The amount paid as transitional measures following the reduction of salary standards based on the Reform of the Remuneration Structure shall also be reduced considering
this year’s rate of change in salary schedules, etc.

※ Shall separately recommend the establishment of new grades in the Specialized Staff Salary Schedule, along with the government’s progression toward the preparation of new positions.

## (3) Allowance for committee members, special advisors, senior advisors, etc

The maximum payment shall be reduced based on the revised situation of the Designated Service Salary Schedule, etc., from 35,200 yen to 35,100 yen.

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Bonus payments shall be reduced to the equivalent of the private sector payment rate: from 4.15 to 3.95 months of salary.

(Bonus payments in equivalent-months-of-salary for general employees)

June Term	December Term
Current Fiscal Year (2010)
End-of-Term Allowance	1.25 (Paid)	1.35 (Currently 1.5)
Diligence Allowance	0.7 (Paid)	0.65 (Currently 0.7)
Fiscal Year 2011 onward
End-of-Term Allowance	1.225	1.375
Diligence Allowance	0.675	0.675

## [Timing of Implementation and other matters]

The above mentioned revisions shall take effect on the first day of the following month when the revised Remuneration Law is published (in cases where the Law is published on the first day of the month, the same day is the day it takes effect).

To eliminate the public-private differential during the period from this April to the day before the revised Law takes effect, the payment of the End-of-term Allowance in December shall be adjusted accordingly.

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Based on situations in the private sector, work on Sundays and equivalent days shall be included when calculating if employees are ordered to do overtime work over 60 hours per month. This provision shall take effect from Fiscal Year 2011.

### I II. Reform of Remuneration Structure

- The introduction and implementation of policies which were planned in the original reform program of the remuneration structure will be completed this fiscal year. The NPA will continue to undertake necessary reviews concerning the revision of the distribution of remuneration among areas, reflection of performance in remuneration, etc.

• Utilizing the margin which is produced in the process of the gradual abolishment of
transitional measures by April 2011, pay step increases for young and deputy-director level employees (employees younger than 43 years of age) which had been reduced shall be recovered by one step.

- In light of the remuneration differential between the public and the private sectors in different areas, the distribution of remuneration among areas has been improved compared to the situation before the reform (maximum gap of 4.8 to 2.6 in 2009, and 2.0 in 2010). The NPA will undertake final reviews on the revision of the distribution of remuneration among areas based on the situations of amount paid as transitional measures, payment of special treatments for transferred employees concerning Area Allowance and salaries in the private sector in each area, on the premise of watching trends over several years.

• In the course of discussion on extension of fixed retirement age, the NPA will consider undertaking necessary reviews concerning the remuneration of employees in their fifties.

### I V. Employment Issue of those of Higher Ages ~ Toward the realization of compulsory retirement at the age of 65 ~

### 1. Basic Direction for Employment of Elderly Employees in Public Service

Given that Japan has become an aged society, it is appropriate to gradually raise the compulsory retirement age to 65 starting from fiscal year 2013 in line with the increase of the age at which pension payments begin, based on the intension of Basic Act for National Civil Service Reform.

• In the private sector, it is prescribed by law that measures must be taken to secure employment for workers until the age of 65. Many employees who reach the fixed retirement age of 60 continue to be in employment, and especially those who are in non-managerial positions engage in the same kind of duties.

- Basically, remuneration of employees in their early sixties as well as that of other employees shall be determined on the basis of their duties and responsibilities of their positions. However, in raising fixed retirement age, although their duties and responsibilities shall be taken into consideration, remuneration standards of employees in their sixties shall be reduced substantially even if they engage in the same kind of duties as they did before reaching 60, based on the situations of employment and income in private enterprises. At the same time, measures to utilize human resources better, such as removing employees at high rank managerial posts from such posts at a certain age before compulsory retirement and enabling employees to choose flexible work styles such as decreased work hours shall be examined.

• It will be possible to keep payroll increases under control with the retirement age
remaining fixed at 65 if there is no increase in headcount and organizational structures remain the same.

- It is essential to review the whole scheme of personnel administration of the Civil Service from recruitment to retirement in the course of the gradual extension of the fixed retirement age. It is also necessary for the entire government to consider measures to support employees who retire early and interim measures concerning headcount management.

### 2. Framework of System Review toward the Extension of the Fixed Retirement Age

(1) Extension of the Fixed Retirement Age and Diversification of Work Style for Employees in their Sixties

• Starting from fiscal year 2013, the fixed retirement age shall be raised by a year every three years.

- A system shall be introduced to inquire employees about the work styles they prefer for when they are older.

- A system shall be introduced to remove employees at certain managerial posts from such posts at a certain age before compulsory retirement.

- A system to decrease work hours before compulsory retirement shall be introduced; and opportunities for personnel exchange shall be expanded.

(2) Review of Remuneration Schemes following the Extension of the Fixed Retirement Age

Given that salaries for employees in their sixties in the private sector who are continuously employed are approximately 30% lower than salaries for those younger than 60, remuneration standards for employees in their early sixties shall be reduced substantially, albeit in consideration of their duties and responsibilities. The NPA will consider undertaking necessary reviews concerning the remuneration of employees in their fifties as well.

## (3) Other Relevant Measures

The NPA will consider the treatment of duties that are difficult for the elderly to perform, the compulsory retirement age for exceptional cases, etc.

Based on the above framework, the NPA will conduct a further review, and through an exchange of opinions with various parties concerned, come up with a definite plan by the end of this year and express opinions for concrete legislation.
## (別紙1)

## 政策ごとの予算との対応について(総括表)

（所管）内閣府所管

（組織）內閣本府等（除〈警察庁、宮內庁、公正取引委員會、個人情報保護委員會、金融庁、消費者庁）

(单位:千円)

政策評価体系	一般会計	特別会計	備考
27年度予算額	28年度予算額	比較增△減額	27年度予算額	28年度予算額	比較增△減額
1. 公文書等管理政策	2,301,754	2,114,895	△ 186,859	0	0	0
適正な公文書管理の実施	2,301,754	2,114,895	△ 186,859	0	0	0
2. 政府広報·広聴	8,297,612	8,297,612	0	0	0	0
政府広報·広聴による政府施策の理解、協力の促進	8,297,612	8,297,612	0	0	0	0
3. 経済財政政策	568,712	573,416	4,704	0	0	0
経済財政政策の推進	568,712	573,416	4,704	0	0	0
4. 地方分権改革の推進	0	0	0	0	0	0
地方分権改革の推進	0	0	0	0	0	0
5. 地域経済活性化事業等支援政策の推進	0	0	0	0	0	0
地域経済活性化事業等支援政策の推進	0	0	0	0	0	0
6. 科学技術·イノベーション政策	50,388,293	50,460,518	72,225	0	0	0
科学技術·イノベーション政策の推進	50,388,293	50,460,518	72,225	0	0	0
7. 遺菓化学兵器廃棄処理	31,434,189	34,573,070	3,138,881	0	0	0
遺菓化学兵器廃棄処理事業の推進	31,434,189	34,573,070	3,138,881	0	0	0
8. 防災政策	4,428,968	4,444,666	15,698	0	0	0
防災政策の推進	4,428,968	4,444,666	15,698	0	0	0
9. 原子力災害対策	13,158,000	9,980,000	△ 3,178,000	13,305,937	13,441,484	135,547	エネルギー対策特別会計
原子力災害対策の充実·強化	13,158,000	9,980,000	△ 3,178,000	13,305,937	13,441,484	135,547
10. 沖縄政策	286,148,096	287,164,288	1,016,192	1,481,357	0	△ 1,481,357	東日本大震災復興特別会計
沖縄政策の推進	286,148,096	287,164,288	1,016,192	1,481,357	0	△ 1,481,357
11. 共生社会政策	2,324,292	2,072,208	△ 252,084	0	0	0
共生社会実現のための施策の推進	2,324,292	2,072,208	△ 252,084	0	0	0
12. 栄典事務の遂行	2,725,895	2,716,191	△ 9,704	0	0	0
栄典事務の適切な遂行	2,725,895	2,716,191	△ 9,704	0	0	0
13. 男女共同参画社会の形成の促進	356,338	414,817	58,479	0	0	0
男女共同参画社会の形成の促進	356,338	414,817	58,479	0	0	0
14. 食品安全政策	330,161	326,720	△ 3,441	0	0	0
食品の安全性の確保	330,161	326,720	△ 3,441	0	0	0
## 政策ごとの予算との対応について(総括表)

（所管）内閣府所管

(組織)內閣本府等(除〈警察庁、宮內庁、公正取引委員會、個人情報保護委員會、金融庁、消費者庁)

(单位:千円)

政策評価体系	一般会計	特別会計	備考
27年度予算額	28年度予算額	比較增△減額	27年度予算額	28年度予算額	比較增△減額
15.公益法人制度の適正な運営の推進	89,198	96,429	7,231	0	0	0
公益法人制度の適正な運営の推進	89,198	96,429	7,231	0	0	0
16.経済社会総合研究	654,360	646,218	△8,142	0	0	0
経済社会総合研究の推進	654,360	646,218	△8,142	0	0	0
17.迎賓施設の運営	866,235	1,265,818	399,583	0	0	0
迎賓施設の適切な運営	866,235	1,265,818	399,583	0	0	0
18.地域活性化政策	56,545,559	104,096,175	47,550,616	0	0	0
地域活性化の推進	56,545,559	104,096,175	47,550,616	0	0	0
19.宇宙空間の開発・利用の戦略的な推進	15,037,547	14,918,032	△119,515	0	0	0
宇宙開発利用に関する施策の推進	15,037,547	14,918,032	△119,515	0	0	0
20.北方領土問題の解決の促進	1,469,893	1,470,265	372	0	0	0
北方領土問題の解決の促進	1,469,893	1,470,265	372	0	0	0
21.子ども・子育て支援	1,893,240,998	1,927,363,040	34,122,042	1,526,265,741	1,609,107,885	82,842,144	年金特別会計
子ども・子育て支援の推進	1,893,240,998	1,927,363,040	34,122,042	1,526,265,741	1,609,107,885	82,842,144
22.国際平和協力業務等	350,756	355,811	5,055	0	0	0
国際平和協力業務等の推進	350,756	355,811	5,055	0	0	0
23.科学に関する重要事項の審議等	480,947	467,312	△13,635	0	0	0
科学に関する重要事項の審議及び研究の連絡	480,947	467,312	△13,635	0	0	0
24.官民人材交流センターの運営	286,091	270,448	△15,643	0	0	0
官民人材交流センターの適切な運営	286,091	270,448	△15,643	0	0	0

計	2,371,483,894	2,454,087,949	82,604,055	1,541,053,035	1,622,549,369	81,496,334

（注）1. 政策評価の対象となる予算及び政策評価の対象外の予算で政策に関連付けられるものを掲記している。

2. 東日本大震災復興特別会計については、内閣府所管のうち内閣本府等(除く警察庁、宮内庁、公正取引委員会、個人情報保護委員会、金融庁、消費者庁)のみ、

エネルギー対策特別会計及び年金特別会計については内閣府所管分のみ掲記している。

3. 27年度予算額は、28年度予算額との比較対照のため組替え掲記している。

4. 27年度予算額は、当初予算額である。