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Organization Japan Transport Safety Board Japan Transport Safety Board Secretariat 1-6-1 Yotsuya Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0004, Japan Tel: +81-3-5367-5025 Chairman (1) Director General E-mail: [email protected] Expertise: Aerospace engineering Deputy Director General Members (Full-time, 7) Aircraft Accident Expertise: Legislation, Operation and maintenance Investigators (27) Hakodate, Sendai, of aircraft, Maneuvering of aircraft, Railway Railway Accident (19) Yokohama, Investigators engineering, Dynamics of machinery, Ship Kobe, Marine Accident (23) Hiroshima, operation, Naval architect Investigators Moji, Nagasaki and Regional (40) Naha Members (Part-time, 5) Investigators Expertise: Human factors, Flight dynamics and Director for Director for Analysis, URL Management Recommendation and Opinion control, Flight simulation, Flight test, Traffic https://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/english.html Director for Coordination of engineering, Electrical engineering, Safety the Accident Investigation ergonomics General Affairs International Affairs Division Office ※ The numbers in parentheses are the prescribed Public Relations Office number of staff members as of the end of fiscal year 2021 Accounts Office Regional Offices and Jurisdictions (The jurisdictions are divided only for the investigation of marine accidents/incidents) Director for Policy Activities of JTSB Planning Hakodate Office Consideration for victims 24-4, Kaigan-cho, Hakodate city, Hokkaido, 040-0061, Japan Tel: +81-138-43-5517 Hakodate JTSB provides information on accident investigations for Sendai Office victims and their families, or the bereaved and responds to 1-3-15, Gorin, Miyagino-ku, Sendai city, Miyagi, their voices. 983-0842, Japan Sendai Please do not hesitate to contact us. Tel: +81-22-295-7313 Hiro Yokohama Office Kobe Victims and their Families Liaison Office sh Sendai 5-57, Kitanaka-dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama city, 2021 ima email︓hqt-jtsb-faminfo @gxb.mlit.go.jp Kanagawa, 231-0003, Japan Moji Tel: +81-45-201-8396 Japan Transport Kobe Office Outreach lectures Safety Board 1-1, Hatoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe city, Hyogo, Outreach lectures are conducted to broadly convey and communicate 650-0042, Japan Yokohama Safety investigation into the causes of aircraft, railway and information about the work carried out by the Japan Transport Safety Board and Tel: +81-78-331-7258 to create an opportunity for collecting honest opinions and feedback from the marine accidents/incidents, and the prevention of their Nagasaki general public. Hiroshima Office Kobe recurrence Members of the staff are dispatched to schools and various seminars as 3-10-17, Ujinakaigan, Minami-ku, Hiroshima city, Hiroshima, 734-0011, Japan lecturers to conduct sessions on contents that are useful for preventing and Moji mitigating damage from aircraft, railway, and marine accidents. Please refer to Tel: +81-82-251-4603 the website of the Japan Transport Safety Board for application procedures. Moji Office http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/demaekouza.html 1-3-10, Nishikaigan, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu city, Naha Fukuoka, 801-0841, Japan International activities Tel: +81-93-331-3707 International organizations are involved in the development and operation of Nagasaki Office Hakodate systems for investigating aircraft and marine accidents. In conducting such 7-29, Matsugae-machi, Nagasaki city, Nagasaki, investigations, the cooperation and collaboration of accident investigation 850-0921, Japan Kobe authorities of the relevant states is required. Tel: +81-95-821-3537 In addition to facilitating smooth cooperation and collaboration with other Naha Office Yokohama states, various international conferences are also organized in order to enhance 2-11-1, Minato-machi, Naha city, Okinawa, the effectiveness of measures to prevent the recurrence of accidents, such as 900-0001, Japan Kobe by sharing information on accidents and investigation methods. The Japan Tel: +81-98-868-9335 Transport Safety Board participates in these conferences actively. ※As of April, 2021 52100167_JTSB_Leaflet#en#1-2.indd 1-3 2021/03/18 9:38:41 *1 The JTSB conducts investigations to determine the causes of aircraft, railway and marine accidents, serious incidents and damage caused by the accidents. Based on the process JTSB Mission Investigation Procedure or the findings of the accident investigations, the JTSB provides recommendations or opinions to heads of relevant administrative organs or parties relevant to the causes, concerning the measures to be taken to prevent the recurrence of accidents and to mitigate damage caused by the accidents. We contribute to - preventing the occurrence of accidents and Appointment of investigators and Tests, research and analyses Deliberation of the Board fact-finding investigation - mitigating the damage caused by them, Interview with persons concerned / Examination of General Sub-Committee Comments by the parties thus improving transport safety while raising public awareness, and thereby protecting the peopleʼs lives by physical evidence / Collection of related materials Drafting relevant to the causes - accomplishing appropriate accident investigations which thoroughly unveil the causes of accidents and damages incidental to them, and the Aircraft Sub-Committee Comments from the - urging the implementation of necessary policies and measures through the issuanc e of safety invetigation participating States recommendations and opinions or provision of safety information. Railway Sub-Committee Aircraft reports Accident JTSB Principles Marine Sub-Committee Adoption by the Board Analyses of Flight Data Recorder Marine Expert Sub-Committee Deliberation of the Board Conduct of Strengthening appropriate the foundation accident of Aircraft Accident Investigators investigations our organization Timely When deemed necessary, Reports on and Consideration Implementation of *3 implementation of appropriate for victims Railway Opinion improvement the policies or the feedback Accident policies or safety *44 measures to the Recommendation measures by the JTSB by the Analyses of Cockpit Voice Recorder people concerned Safety people concerned History Recommendation*5 Jun. 1949 Establishment of Japan Marine Accident Railway Accident Investigators Inquiry Agency (JMAIA) The JTSB submits the final investigation Reports Jul. 1971 Crash of a Toa Domestic Airlines aircraft in Mt. Yokotsudake, north of reports to the Minister of Land, Hakodate, 68 fatalities Marine Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on the website Accident Jul. 1971 Midair collision between an All Nippon Airways aircraft and a Self-Defense Forces aircraft in Shizuku-ishi Town, Iwate Prefecture, 162 fatalities Jan. 1974 Establishment of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Publication of the investigation report Commission Analyses of Voyage Data Recorder May 1991 Collision between a Shigaraki Kougen Railway passenger train and a West Japan The investigation reports and the Annual reports, etc. are downloadable on our website. Marine Accident Regional Investigators Railway (JR-West) passenger train, 42 fatalities and 628 injuries *1 “Serious incidents” (In the case of marine, “Incidents”) are situations deemed to bear the risk of accidents occurring Investigators *2 Provision of factual information to relevant admini strative organs・・・On finding out an urgent, unsafe issue in the process of an accident investigation, the JTSB immediately gives Mar. 2000 Derailment and collision of Teito Rapi d Transit Authority passenger trains on the *Investigate marine information to releva nt administrative organs. Hibiya Subway Line, 5 fatalities and 64 injuries * Investigate accidents (excluding *3 Opinion・・・Not only for issues raised from an investigation result, the JTSB also states opinions when deemed necessary on preventive measures to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, serious marine serious accidents) within Transport and Tourism or heads of relevant administrative organs in the process of the investigation or based on findings from similar accidents in the past in order to prevent the Oct. 2001 Establishment of Aircraft and Railway Accidents accidents their jurisdiction recurrence of accidents or mitigate the damage. Provision of factual Implementation of *4 Recommendation・・・The JTSB recommends the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism/parties relevant to the causes to take preventive measures/actions in order to Investigation Commission (ARAIC) safety measures by prevent the recurrence of accidents or mitigate the damage based on the process or the findings of the accident investigation. The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism information to relevant shall report the preventive measures on the basis of recommendation to the JTSB. The JTSB may, when the parties relevant to the accident have not taken any measures in accordance In addition, an Accident, etc. Investigation by the JTSB is *2 relevant Derailment of a JR-West passenger train on the Fukuchiyama Line, not conducted to apportion the blame or liability for administrative organs administrative organs with the recommendation without justifiable grounds, make it public to that effect. Apr. 2005 *5 Safety Recommendation・・・In the event of the occurrence of an aircraft or marine accident, the JTSB recommends relevant foreign organs and/or persons concerned to take preventive 107 fatalities and 562 injuries Accidents, etc. actions that it considers necessary to be taken promptly to enhance safety at any stage of the accident investigat ion on the basis of international convention.