# Director of a District Transport Bureau (地方運輸局長, ちほううんゆきょくちょう)

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- Group: Institutions, offices and documents
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/district-transport-bureau-director
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/district-transport-bureau-director
- Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-03

The head of a district transport bureau (地方運輸局), a local branch (地方支分部局) of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省), a national ministry (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Articles 2, paragraph (1), and 30; National Government Organization Act, Articles 3, paragraph (2), and 9). The bureau handles part of the Ministry's work, including the working conditions, safety, welfare and accident compensation of seafarers (船員) and their job placement (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Article 4, paragraph (1), items (xcvi) and (xcvii), and Article 35, paragraph (1)); its names, seats and areas are set by Cabinet Order (政令) (Article 35, paragraph (3)), and a transport supervision department (運輸監理部) handles part of its work in some places (Article 36, paragraph (1)). For seafarers (船員), and people seeking to become seafarers, the director, including the director of a transport supervision department, takes the place of the director of a prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局長) under the Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes: the director provides information and consultation, may give advice or guidance when a party to a dispute asks for help, and, on a party's application for mediation (あっせん) in a dispute other than one over recruitment and hiring, and where the director thinks it necessary, has mediators (あっせん員) designated from a list of candidates the director draws up every two years mediate it (Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes, Articles 3, 4(1), 5(1), and 21, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Under the Minimum Wage Act, the director likewise exercises for seafarers the powers the Act gives the director of a prefectural labor bureau (Minimum Wage Act, Article 35, paragraph (2)). Under the Road Transport Vehicle Act the director has powers of its own — for example, to order the user of a motor vehicle that does not meet the safety standards (保安基準) to have it serviced, and to certify a business that services motor vehicles (Road Transport Vehicle Act, Articles 54, paragraph (1), and 78, paragraph (1)) — and the powers that Act gives the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通大臣) may be delegated to the director, as a Cabinet Order (政令) provides; the director's powers may be delegated on, as a Cabinet Order provides, to the head of a transport supervision department (運輸監理部長) or of a district transport branch office (運輸支局長) (Article 105, paragraphs (1) and (2)).

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## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Road Transport Vehicle Act, Arts. 54, 78, 105](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act
- [Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Arts. 2, 4, 30, 35, 36](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/411AC0000000100)
- [National Government Organization Act, Arts. 3, 9](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000120)
- [Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes, Arts. 3, 4, 5, 21](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000112) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/individual-labor-disputes-act
- [Minimum Wage Act, Art. 35](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000137) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act

## Where the laws use it

16 laws in force use it in this sense, in 57 provisions; there the word opens this explanation.

- [Road Transport Vehicle Act (道路運送車両法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act): 27 provisions, among them [Article 34](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-34), [Article 36-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2), [Article 43](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-43)
- [Minimum Wage Act (最低賃金法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act): 5 provisions, among them [Article 35](https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/art-35), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 23](https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/suppl-3591-25/art-23), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 24](https://japanlaw.org/en/minimum-wage-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24)
- [Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 60](https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/art-60), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/suppl-4201-26/art-2), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/suppl-4211-65/art-1)
- [Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents (自動車損害賠償保障法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 84](https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-84), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 23](https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3591-25/art-23), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 24](https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24)
- [Act on Ensuring Wage Payment (賃金の支払の確保等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/wage-payment-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 16](https://japanlaw.org/en/wage-payment-act/art-16), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 23](https://japanlaw.org/en/wage-payment-act/suppl-3591-25/art-23), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 24](https://japanlaw.org/en/wage-payment-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24)
- [Road Traffic Act (道路交通法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 51-6](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-6), [Article 63](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 24](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24)
- [Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes (個別労働関係紛争の解決の促進に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/individual-labor-disputes-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 21](https://japanlaw.org/en/individual-labor-disputes-act/art-21), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/individual-labor-disputes-act/suppl-4201-26/art-2)
- [Labor Relations Adjustment Act (労働関係調整法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-relations-adjustment-act): 2 provisions, among them [Supplementary Provisions, Article 24](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-relations-adjustment-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-relations-adjustment-act/suppl-4201-26/art-2)
- [Act on Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/equal-employment-opportunity-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 37](https://japanlaw.org/en/equal-employment-opportunity-act/art-37), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/equal-employment-opportunity-act/suppl-4201-26/art-2)
- [Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures, and Stabilizing the Employment of Workers, and Enriching Workers' Vocational Lives (労働施策の総合的な推進並びに労働者の雇用の安定及び職業生活の充実等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-measures-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 47](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-measures-act/art-47)
- [Labor Union Act (労働組合法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-union-act): 1 provision, among them [Supplementary Provisions, Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-union-act/suppl-4201-26/art-2)
- [Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/technical-intern-training-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 104](https://japanlaw.org/en/technical-intern-training-act/art-104)
- [Public Assistance Act (生活保護法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act): 1 provision, among them [Appended Table 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/appdx-1)
- [Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance (社会保険労務士法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act): 1 provision, among them [Supplementary Provisions, Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4211-65/art-1)
- [Employment Security Act (職業安定法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 10](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-10)
- [Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities (障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 85-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-85-2)

## Related

- [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act)
- [Cabinet Order (政令, せいれい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cabinet-order)
- [Director of a prefectural labor bureau (都道府県労働局長, とどうふけんろうどうきょくちょう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/prefectural-labor-bureau-director)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-03)
- Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (16 records)