Figure 1-1-14

Comprehensive National Development Plans Developed To Date

First Comprehensive National Development Plan	New Comprehensive National Development Plan	Third Comprehensive National Development Plan	Fourth Comprehensive National Development Plan	Grand Design for National Land for the 21st Century
Cabinet Council Decisions	October 5, 1962	May 30, 1969	November 4, 1977	June 30, 1987	March 31, 1998
Background	1 Migration to rapidly growing economy
2 Escalating overpopulated city issues and income gaps
3 Income doubling plan (Pacific Belt Zone Initiative)	1 Rapidly growing economy
2 Concentration of population and industries in major cities
3 Progress of computerization, internationalization and technical innovation	1 Consistently growing economy
2 Signs of decentralization of population and industries
3 Evidence of limited availability of national land resources, energies and so on	1 Centralization of population and facilities in Tokyo
2 Worsening of employment problems in rural areas due to rapid changes in the industrial structure, etc.
3 Progress of full-scale internationalization	1 Era of the Earth (global environmental issues, stiffening competition, exchange with Asian nations)
2 Era of depopulation and aging
3 Era of advanced computerization
Target year	1970	1985	About 10 years from 1977	About 2000	2010 to 2015
Basic goal	Balanced inter-regional growth	Rich environment creation	Development of an integrated human living environment	Multipolar distributed national land building	Laying of groundwork for multiaxial national land structure formation
Development method, etc.	Site-based development method
In the light of the necessity to decentralize industries to achieve goals, lay out development sites in conjunction with existing major industrial complexes, such as Tokyo, and interconnect these sites by means of traffic and communication facilities. At the same time, drive development activity on a chain reaction basis while taking advantage of characteristics of the neighboring areas to achieve balanced inter-regional growth.	Large-scale development project initiative
Develop networks of Shinkansen, expressways and the like to propel the implementation of large-scale projects, correcting biased patterns of land usage and dissolving the problems of overpopulation, underpopulation and inter-regional gaps.	Settlement initiative
Promote regional development while curbing the concentration of population and industries in major cities, and keep national land usage balanced to form a human-oriented integrated living environment.	Exchange network initiative
To build a multipolar decentralized land:
(1) Drive regional development through originality and ingenuity while taking advantage of regional characteristics.
(2) Drive the development of vital systems of transportation and information and telecommunications on the central government's own or pursuant to its leading guidelines.
(3) Form various exchange opportunities through partnership among the central and local governments and private sector groups.	Participation and Partnership
- National Land Planning through Participation of Various Entities and Regional Partnership -
(Four Strategies)
1 Create nature-oriented living areas (small cities, agricultural and fishing villages, intermediate mountainous areas, etc).
2 Renovate major cities (fix, renew and utilize urban spaces)
3 Develop axes of inter-regional partnership (as a core of inter-regional partnership linked in an axial form)
4 Broad-area international zones (spheres of global exchange)

Source) MLIT

Figure 1-1-15 Long-Term Development Programs in Respective Fields
Name	Five-Year Road Development Program	Seven-Year Harbor Facility Development Program	Seven-Year Sewage Works Development Program	Seven-Year Airport Facility Development Program	Seven-Year Development Program for Urban Parks, etc.	Seven-Year Flood Control Program
Governing law	Emergency Measures Law for Road Development	Emergency Measures Law for Port and Harbor Development	Law on Emergency Measures concerning the Construction of Sewerage Systems	-	Emergency Measures Law for Development of Urban Parks, etc.	Emergency Measures Law for Flood Control and Forest Conservation
Planning period	First (FY1954-FY1958) Second (FY1958-FY1962) Third (FY1961-FY1965) Fourth (FY1964-FY1968) Fifth (FY1967-FY1971) Sixth (FY1970-FY1974) Seventh (FY1973-FY1977) Eighth (FY1978-FY1982) Ninth (FY1983-FY1987) 10th (FY1988-FY1992) 11th (FY1993-FY1997) New (FY1998-FY2002)	First (FY1961-FY1965) Second (FY1965-FY1969) Third (FY1968-FY1972) Fourth (FY1971-FY1975) Fifth (FY1976-FY1980) Sixth (FY1981-FY1985) Seventh (FY1986-FY1990) Seventh (FY1991-FY1995) Seventh (FY1996-FY2002)	First (FY1963-FY1967) Second (FY1967-FY1971) Third (FY1971-FY1975) Fourth (FY1976-FY1980) Fifth (FY1981-FY1985) Sixth (FY1986-FY1990) Seventh (FY1991-FY1995) Seventh (FY1996-FY2002)	First (FY1967-FY1971) Second (FY1971-FY1975) Third (FY1976-FY1980) Fourth (FY1981-FY1985) Fifth (FY1986-FY1990) Sixth (FY1991-FY1995) Seventh (FY1996-FY2002)	First (FY1972-FY1976) Second (FY1976-FY1980) Third (FY1981-FY1985) Fourth (FY1986-FY1990) Fifth (FY1991-FY1995) Sixth (FY1996-FY2002)	First (FY1960-FY1964) Second (FY1965-FY1969) Third (FY1968-FY1972) Fourth (FY1972-FY1976) Fifth (FY1977-FY1981) Sixth (FY1982-FY1986) Seventh (FY1987-FY1991) Eighth (FY1992-FY1996) Ninth (FY1997-FY2003)
Target facility	Roads	Breakwaters, sear routes, berths, etc.	Sewage systems	Airport and aeronautical navigation aids	Urban parks	embankment, dams, etc.

Categorized long-term plans have been integrated into Prioritized Social Capital Development Plans to consolidate cross-sectional inter-business collaboration and spurt the development of infrastructures in a more prioritized, effective and efficient manner. In addition, the Comprehensive National Land Development Law was refurbished in its entirety as the National Spatial Planning Law in 2005 to allow National Development Plans to respond to the needs of an increasingly