Abstract
Toyama light rail has opened its operation on April 29, 2006 as the first LRT route in Japan. This project presents a lot of new direction for Japanese transport policy and the relationship between urban management policy and transport policy. In this research, by analyzing the project concept and the process of achieving the plan, it is shown that this project accomplishes some big conversions in aspect compared with the current public transport policy in Japan. Then, the meanings of this project on the public transport policy and the urban management policies of Japan in the future is also clarified
