Japan Transport Safety Board

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).

Japan Transport Safety Board

Yotsuya Tower [ja], where the agency has its headquarters
Agency overview
Formed	2008
Jurisdiction	Government of Japan
Headquarters	15th Floor, Yotsuya Tower, 1-6-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (160-0004)
Website	mlit.go.jp/jtsb

2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office [ja], a building which housed the agency

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).^[1]

As of 2020^[update] the chairperson is Nobuo Takeda (武田 展雄, Takeda Nobuo).^[2]

Administrative affairs

The headquarters is currently in the Yotsuya Tower [ja] (四谷タワー) in Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo.^[3]

The headquarters was previously in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office [ja] in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo.^[4][5]

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.^[6]

Air accident investigations

• Japan Air Lines Flight 123
• China Airlines Flight 120
• FedEx Express Flight 80
• Asiana Airlines Flight 162
• Korean Air Flight 2708
• 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision (ongoing as of 3 January)

Other than that, responsible for investigating other non-United States Forces Japan accidents.

See also

• Japan portal
• Transportation portal
• Aviation portal

• Japan Civil Aviation Bureau