Takashi Kawauchi, a former administrative vice-minister of the Cabinet Office, has been appointed as the new chairman of the "Railway Construction and Transportation Facility Development Support Organization", an independent administrative agency that has been virtually removed due to the problem that the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen is expected to be delayed. It has been decided that he will take office.
The Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Tsuruga is expected to be delayed by about a year and the project cost is expected to increase by more than 260 billion yen, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has a problem in managing the "Railway Construction and Transportation Facility Development Support Organization" In January, the president of the organization, who was the head of the organization, was virtually removed.
We had been soliciting a successor chairman, but as a result of the selection, it was decided that Mr. Takashi Kawauchi (63), who is a special adviser to Nippon Life Insurance Company, will be appointed as the chairman on the 26th of this month.
Mr. Kawachi joined the former Ministry of Home Affairs in 1982 and served as the administrative vice-minister of the Cabinet Office until he was a kid.
In response to the problem of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, the organization has a policy of strengthening the management system and information sharing with the local community, such as newly assigning executive staff to Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures. The question is whether it can proceed steadily.