Infrastructure, Construction, Real Estate and Transport

Which is an appropriate feature shared by the industries called regulated industries?

1. The state is required by law to hold a majority of the shares
2. Starting the business requires permission, registration, notification or the like under a law
3. The level of employees' pay is fixed uniformly by law
4. The state sets the prices of the goods handled every year

What procedure does the Electricity Business Act (電気事業法) require of a person seeking to run a retail electricity business?

1. Registration with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2. Advance notification to the mayor of the municipality
3. Permission from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
4. A licence from the prefectural governor

What procedure does the Electricity Business Act require in order to run a general electricity transmission and distribution business?

1. Permission from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2. No procedure is required
3. Notification to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
4. Registration with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Which is a correct description of an electricity generation operator under the Electricity Business Act?

1. A person who has given notification of running an electricity generation business
2. A person who has obtained permission to run an electricity generation business
3. Generation is outside the Electricity Business Act, so no procedure is needed
4. A person registered to run an electricity generation business

Which act does Article 22-2 of the Electricity Business Act prohibit in principle for a general electricity transmission and distribution operator?

1. Providing wheeling services to other companies
2. Taking the form of a stock company
3. Running transmission lines outside its supply area
4. Running a retail electricity business or an electricity generation business

When was full liberalisation of electricity retailing carried out?

1. April 2016
2. April 2011
3. April 2013
4. April 2022

When was legal unbundling of the transmission and distribution arm carried out?

1. April 2020
2. April 2016
3. April 2015
4. April 2024

Which is the correct procedure for the general gas pipeline service business under the Gas Business Act (ガス事業法)?

1. Approval
2. Permission
3. Notification
4. Registration

Based on what is stated on its official website, which is correct about Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (東京電力ホールディングス株式会社)?

1. It has never changed its name since it was established
2. It holds the permission for the general transmission and distribution business itself and operates the transmission lines
3. It is a company newly established on April 1, 2016 by merging with another company
4. It changed its trade name on April 1, 2016 and oversees the group as a holding company

Which combination of roles for the operating companies of the TEPCO group matches what is stated on the official website?

1. Both companies handle only the development of renewable energy
2. TEPCO Power Grid handles electricity retailing, and TEPCO Energy Partner handles transmission and distribution and fuel procurement
3. Both companies handle thermal power generation and fuel procurement, and neither does any transmission and distribution or electricity retailing
4. TEPCO Power Grid handles transmission and distribution, and TEPCO Energy Partner handles electricity, gas and daily living

Which is the correct description of the Class I railway business under the Railway Business Act (鉄道事業法)?

1. A business that lays railway track itself and lets Class II railway operators use it exclusively, carrying out no transport itself
2. A business that carries passengers or freight using track laid by others, owning no track itself
3. A business that carries passengers or freight by ropeway
4. A business that carries passengers or freight on its own railway track, other than the Class II railway business

Under the Railway Business Act, what is a business that runs freight trains on track laid by another company?

1. The Class I railway business
2. The Class III railway business
3. A dedicated railway for one's own use
4. The Class II railway business

What procedure is required of a person seeking to run a railway business?

1. Permission from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
2. Approval from the mayor of the municipality
3. Registration with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
4. Notification to the prefectural governor

Which is an appropriate description of the business model common among Japan's private railways?

1. They can set fares freely, so they cover nearly all their earnings by raising fares
2. They are barred from owning track, so they all operate as Class II railway businesses
3. They develop housing and commercial facilities along the lines they lay, holding sources of earnings besides transport
4. They concentrate on running trains alone and hold no other business at all

Which does Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. (阪急阪神ホールディングス株式会社) not list on its official website as a business field of the group?

1. Entertainment
2. Urban transport centred on railways
3. Real estate development and leasing
4. Semiconductor manufacturing

Based on what is stated on its official website, which is correct about the history of Tokyu Corporation (東急株式会社)?

1. The trade name has not changed since the founding and no business has been split off
2. It merged with another railway company in 2019 to form a new company
3. It changed its trade name in 2019 but did not split off the railway business
4. It changed its trade name to Tokyu in September 2019, and in October of the same year the railway business was taken over by Tokyu Railways

What procedure does the Civil Aeronautics Act (航空法) require of a person seeking to run an air transport business?

1. Permission from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
2. Notification to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
3. Registration with the Prime Minister
4. Approval from the airport administrator

Which is correct about the requirements for registering an aircraft under the Civil Aeronautics Act?

1. An aircraft owned by a corporation in which a foreign national holds even a single share cannot be registered at all, whatever it is used for
2. Even for a corporation in which foreign nationals and the like hold a majority of the voting rights, aircraft it owns may be registered freely
3. An aircraft of a corporation in which foreign nationals and the like make up one third or more of the officers, or hold one third or more of the voting rights, cannot be registered
4. No restriction relating to foreign capital is placed on the registration of aircraft

Which is an appropriate description of the difference between liner and tramp shipping?

1. Liners run on fixed routes to a fixed schedule, while tramps head to wherever the cargo is, trip by trip
2. Liners run only between domestic ports, while tramps run only to and from overseas ports
3. Liners carry no cargo at all and carry only passengers, on fixed routes to a fixed schedule
4. Tramps may run freely on any route without going through any legal procedure at all

Which is correct about Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) as described by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha on its official website?

1. It is a company Nippon Yusen set up jointly with others to operate specialised tramp vessels carrying iron ore and coal
2. Nippon Yusen, Kawasaki Kisen and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, 3 companies in all, integrated their liner container businesses and set it up as a joint venture
3. It is a subsidiary set up with investment from Nippon Yusen alone, which took over the liner container business
4. It is a special corporation set up with state funding for the purpose of operating liner container services

Which correctly states what the Construction Business Act (建設業法) provides about permits for the construction business?

1. Whatever the location or number of its offices, every construction business must obtain a single permit from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
2. Whatever the number of offices, a permit must be obtained from the mayor of the municipality having jurisdiction over each office
3. Where offices are set up in two or more prefectures, permission comes from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and where there is only one prefecture, from the governor
4. Once a permit is obtained there is no need to renew it

Which case, under the Construction Business Act, calls for a specified construction business permit?

1. Where, on a single job taken directly from the client, the company's stated capital comes to at least the amount prescribed by Cabinet Order
2. Where, on a single job taken directly from the client, the work is to be carried out under subcontracts of at least the amount prescribed by Cabinet Order
3. Where work overseas is to be undertaken
4. Where, on a single job taken directly from the client, the number of regular employees would exceed the figure prescribed by Cabinet Order

Which correctly states a term as defined in the Construction Business Act?

1. A client means a party that passes on to others work it has taken from someone else
2. A subcontractor means the architect who designs the work
3. A prime contractor means the tradespeople who actually carry out the work
4. A prime contractor is the party ordering the work under a subcontract who is a construction business operator

What does Article 22 of the Construction Business Act provide?

1. That a construction business operator must not have another person undertake, as a whole, construction work it has taken on
2. That a prime contractor must choose three or more subcontractors
3. That a subcontractor must take on the work at a lower price than the prime contractor
4. That subcontracts must be concluded orally

Which is a correct description of the supervising engineer under the Construction Business Act?

1. It is an engineer needed in order to apply for a construction business permit, and must be placed at head office rather than at the site
2. One must be placed at the site of every piece of construction work, whatever the scale of the job or the size of the contract price
3. A specified construction business operator that has taken work directly from the client places one at the site where it enters into subcontracts of at least the amount prescribed by Cabinet Order
4. One must be placed at the design office rather than at the construction business operator, in order to prepare the design documents used for the work

Which is an appropriate description of the relationship between a general contractor and a subcontractor?

1. The general contractor usually takes the whole job directly from the client and pulls the site together, while the subcontractor takes on specialist work
2. A subcontractor cannot obtain a construction business permit
3. Both terms are defined in the Construction Business Act and each has its own category of permit
4. The general contractor takes on only specialist work, while the subcontractor usually takes the whole job directly from the client and pulls the site together

Which correctly states what the Building Lots and Buildings Transaction Business Act (宅地建物取引業法) provides for a person seeking to run a building lots and buildings transaction business?

1. Once a licence is obtained there is no term of validity
2. Whatever the number of offices, registration must be obtained from the mayor of the municipality having jurisdiction over each office
3. Whatever the location or number of offices, notification to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is enough and no licence need be obtained
4. Where offices are placed in two or more prefectures, the licence comes from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and where there is only one prefecture, from the governor

Which field does Obayashi Corporation (株式会社大林組) not list on its official website among the fields it operates in?

1. Scheduled air transport
2. Green energy
3. Engineering
4. Overseas construction

Which two segments does JGC Holdings Corporation (日揮ホールディングス株式会社) put at the centre of its business on its official website?

1. Liner shipping and dry bulk
2. Domestic construction and real estate development
3. Total engineering and functional materials manufacturing
4. Retail electricity and general transmission and distribution

Which is correct about an investment corporation under the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations?

1. Its establishment requires permission from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and it must manage its assets itself
2. It may neither set up offices besides its head office nor employ staff, and entrusts management to an asset management company
3. It may run a retail business alongside asset management, and may set up offices besides its head office and employ staff
4. It may employ many staff of its own and set up offices besides its head office in order to manage real estate