Transforming the Logistics Crisis into a Growth Opportunity - Monthly 'Project Design' May 2026 Issue Released
The Graduate School of Project Design Publishing Department has released the May 2026 issue of 'Monthly Project Design.' It features new systems to turn the logistics crisis into a growth opportunity and Chiba Prefecture's airport city concept, focusing on corporate revitalization and regional creation.
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The publishing department of the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Graduate School of Project Design (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Risa Tanaka) released the May 2026 issue of its specialized magazine 'Monthly Project Design,' focusing on corporate revitalization, regional creation, and innovation, on April 1 (Wednesday).https://www.projectdesign.jp/202605
[Special Feature] Transforming the Logistics Crisis into a Growth Opportunity - New System Starts in Spring
In April 2026, with the revised Logistics Efficiency Law, a new position of "CLO" (Chief Logistics Officer) will be established in many companies to broadly oversee all corporate logistics.
This special feature explains the new rules starting this spring, and introduces various challenges to unravel and overcome logistics issues—such as joint transportation, maritime modal shifts, and business innovation through DX including automation and digitalization of addresses. It also covers examples of entering the logistics field as a new business and advanced transportation through business succession.
●Making the revised Logistics Efficiency Law an opportunity for logistics structural reform / Mr. Ryu Takada, Director, Logistics Policy Division, Logistics and Automobile Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
●Legal reform is an opportunity, from defense to offense / Mr. Hidechika Saito, Representative Director and President, Mitsubishi Warehouse
●Competition is in products, logistics is in collaboration / Mr. Jiro Sakamoto, Representative Director and President, F-LINE
●Maritime modal shift changes transportation / Mr. Hirokichi Kuribayashi, Chairman, Japan Coastal Shipping Association and others
[Regional Feature] Chiba Prefecture - Towards Realizing an Airport City Region as a Gateway to the World
Chiba Prefecture is promoting the "SORATO NRT Airport City Concept," aiming to create an international industrial hub and city around Narita International Airport as a "second opening project" triggered by the construction of its third runway. In addition to attracting the aircraft maintenance industry, which has high affinity with the airport, the prefecture is focusing on creating new businesses and strengthening competitiveness in industries such as precision equipment, health and medical care, tourism, and agriculture. What is the prefecture's vision to contribute to Japanese society as a "gateway to the world" by incorporating global growth as a hub connecting Asia and North America?
