The Japan-wide Agricultural & Rural Infrastructure Corporation (JAWRIC) plans, builds and maintains the agricultural and forest roads on which Japan's farming and forestry depend. Since our establishment on 1 April 1998, we have worked alongside national, prefectural and municipal authorities to develop the wide-area road networks that single municipalities cannot deliver on their own.
An agricultural or forest road carries more than crops and timber. It carries students to school, patients to hospital, and relief supplies into a valley after a landslide. We treat these roads as essential social infrastructure for rural communities, and we handle the full lifecycle of the work: survey and planning, design, construction supervision, long-term maintenance, and the technical standards that hold it all together.
This page introduces what we do, how we are organised, and where to find our published data and procurement information. Detailed pages are available in Japanese.
What we do
Our work covers three connected fields. Together they keep rural road networks usable, affordable and safe.
Building wide-area road networks
We survey, plan and supervise the construction of agricultural and forest roads that link municipalities, farmland and working forests into one continuous network.
Read moreMaintenance and longevity
Inspection, diagnosis and planned repair extend the service life of existing structures, so that limited budgets reach as many roads as possible.
Read moreDisaster preparedness and recovery
We help regions plan alternate routes before a disaster strikes, and support rapid reinstatement of damaged roads when one does.
Read moreOur role
Rural road networks face a difficult combination of pressures: ageing infrastructure built during the post-war decades, a shrinking workforce, and increasingly frequent heavy rainfall and earthquakes. JAWRIC exists to answer those pressures from a position above the municipal boundary.
Planning that crosses boundaries
A road that matters to three villages may matter to none of them individually when budgets are set. We bring municipalities together, assess the network as a whole, and help them agree on priorities that make sense beyond a single administrative area.
Technical standards that raise the floor
When a small municipality has one or two engineers, standards matter. We publish design, inspection and repair guidance that reflects current research, and we update it as the evidence changes. Our technical enquiry desk answers questions from municipal staff directly.
Preparation that shortens recovery
Recovery speed is largely decided before the event. We support route-redundancy planning, pre-agreed reinstatement procedures and training, so that communities are not starting from zero on the day a road is lost.
Key figures
The figures below summarise the scale of the organisation as of 1 April 2026. They are provided for orientation and are not audited statements.
| Name | Japan-wide Agricultural & Rural Infrastructure Corporation |
|---|---|
| Established | 1 April 1998 |
| Head office | - |
| Staff | 164 (of whom approximately 60% are engineering staff) |
| Regional offices | 5 (Hokuriku, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku and Kyushu) |
| Roads under management | Approximately 4,180 km of wide-area agricultural and forest roads |
| Technical standards published | 27 titles, including the Wide-Area Agricultural and Forest Road Development Guideline |
Explore our work
Further information on each area of activity is available from the pages below. Some detailed material is published in Japanese only, and is marked accordingly.
Our primary language of publication is Japanese. Pages under /en/ are written for international readers; where a topic is only available in Japanese, the link leads to the Japanese page and this is noted in the surrounding text.
Working with JAWRIC
Municipal authorities, contractors and researchers are welcome to contact us about technical cooperation.