## (5) Housing and Building Sector

Japan attended the world conference of the Inter-Jurisdictional Regulatory Collaboration Committee (IRCC) and exchanged information with partner countries concerning trends in building codes.

Bilateral talks were held with China, Germany, Myanmar, and Indonesia concerning housing policy, energy-saving buildings, and housing for the elderly.

Broad technical cooperation was provided to Myanmar through the dispatching of JICA experts and other measures. Public housing seminars were held in Cambodia as requested by minister of Cambodia.

## (6) Automotive Sector

In November 2015, the “ASEAN-Japan new cooperative program on comprehensive vehicle safety and environment measures including development of technical regulations and establishment of a type approval system for vehicles” was endorsed at the thirteenth ASEAN-Japan Transport Ministers Meeting in order to expand the scope of the existing cooperation program. Accordingly, the Public-Private Joint Forum for the Asian region was held in November of the same year. In the forum, information about the activities for the global harmonization of vehicle regulations and mutual recognition of type approvals were exchanged. In December of the same year, the 6th Japan-China Automobile & Traffic Exchange Promotion Meeting was organized together with China and opinions were exchanged on various topics, including safety management by road transportation operators and the vehicle inspection system for commercial automobiles.

## (7) Maritime Sector

In the maritime sector, in addition to responding to the IMO global agenda, bilateral talks were held at the director level. In FY 2015, talks at the level of directors-general were held with India, the United States, the EU, and South Korea, at which time information was shared and opinions were exchanged with respect to ship recycling, measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ballast water management, cyber-security, and other pertinent issues. The Joint Hydrographic Surveys of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore began to update electronic navigational charts in October 2015. A model route survey for cruise ships was carried out in accordance with the ASEAN-Japan Cruise Promotion Strategy that was approved at the ASEAN-Japan Transport Ministers Meeting in 2014.

## (8) Ports Sector

The latest information on the administration of ports and harbors is being exchanged and measures to promote cruise ship operations and the overseas deployment of Japanese technical standards are being carried out through various international conferences, such as the Northeast Asia Port Director-General Meeting, meetings of APEC’s Transportation Working Group, and meetings of the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC).

## (9) Aviation Sector

In April 2015, the first meeting of the Japan-France Cooperative Working Group was held in accordance with a memorandum of understanding concerning technical cooperation in the civil aviation sector that had been concluded with France. It was decided to advance cooperation including regular meetings to be held in the future.

At the fifty-second Conference of the Directors General of Civil Aviation in the Asia and Pacific Regions held in October of the same year, we exchanged opinions on various initiatives being undertaken by different countries in the Asia and Pacific regions concerning aviation in general, including with respect to the expansion of air traffic capacity, environmental measures in the aviation sector, and the education and training of aviation specialists.

## (10) Logistics Sector

Trilateral cooperation among Japan, China, and South Korea is being advanced in the logistics sector in accordance with an agreement reached at the fifth China-Japan-Korea Ministerial Conference on Transport and Logistics held in August 2014, such as by way of studies into the expansion of the mutual transiting of chassis, the expansion of ports and harbors in Japan, China, and South Korea that are subject to the Northeast Asia Logistics Information Service Network (NEAL-NET), and the expansion of such ties to ASEAN countries and other partners.

Discussions on enhancing the logistics environment are also being carried out in the context of bilateral policy dialog