ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the structural makeup of Japan’s Expropriation of Land Act. The Act Concerning the Development of the Suburban Consolidation Zone and Urban Development Zones of the National Capital Region in 1958 was amended in 1962 with additional provisions concerning the construction of industrial development park projects, recognizing the expropriation of land or other facilities necessary for the implementation of the project. Developers of industrial development park projects were limited to municipal bodies and the Japan Housing Corporation, a public entity. Isao Sato, a public law scholar who appeared as an expert witness at the hearing, gave three reasons justifying the amendment bill as constitutional. The New Housing and Urban Development Act enacted in 1963 was primarily concerned with the creation of so-called “new town” developments. Expropriation requires identifying the zone or precinct in which the undertaking is enforced.
