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Japan Transport Safety Board
Formed 2008 Jurisdiction Government of Japan Headquarters 15th Floor, YOTSUYA TOWER, 1-6-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (160-0004) Website
www .mlit .go .jp /jtsb /english .html
2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office [
ja ] , the building which houses the agency
The Japan Transport Safety Board (運輸安全委員会 , Un'yu Anzen Iinkai , JTSB ) is
Japan 's authority for establishing transportation safety (excluding related
United States Forces Japan ). It is a division of the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It is housed in the
2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office [
ja ] in
Kasumigaseki ,
Chiyoda-ku ,
Tokyo ,
Japan .
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The agency formed on October 1, 2008 as a merger between the
Japan Marine Accident Inquiry Agency (JMAIA) and the
Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission (ARAIC).
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As of 2020
[update] the chairperson is Nobuo Takeda (武田 展雄 , Takeda Nobuo ) .
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Logo
In March 2012, the JTSB adopted a logo. The sphere represents the desire to carry out investigations of accidents and to maintain independence and fairness. The lines around the sphere represent the air, land, and sea. The blue-green color of the sphere represents safety.
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Air accident investigations
See also
References
^ "
Ministry Access by Public Transportation ." (
Archive )
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications . Retrieved on April 6, 2009. "Address: 2nd Bldg. of the Central Common Government Office, 2-1-2, Kasumigaseski [
sic ], Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8926, Japan"
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Home ." (English) Japan Transport Safety Board. Retrieved on April 27, 2013. "2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (100-8918)"
Japanese address : "〒100-8918 東京都千代田区霞が関2-1-2"
^ "
Establishment of the JTSB ." (
Archive ) Japan Transport Safety Board . Retrieved on March 24, 2009.
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"Greetings from New Chairperson" (PDF) . Annual Report 2019 . Japan Transport Safety Board. Retrieved 2020-01-21 . - the document refers to Takeda by his family name first, as "TAKEDA Nobuo".
His name in Japanese characters is here
^ "
Logo ." (
Archive ) Japan Transport Safety Board. Retrieved on April 27, 2013.
External links
Maritime accident and incident investigation agencies
International National Academics