The was a commission belonging to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

′s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Commission members are appointed by the transport minister to research causes of aircraft and railway accidents and to suggest improvements to prevent similar accidents in future. It was housed in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office at 2-1-2 Kasumigasaeki in Chiyoda,

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. It was founded on October 1, 2001, replacing the

Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission The Aircraft Accidents Investigation Commission (AAIC, 航空事故調査委員会 ''Kōkūjiko chōsa iinkai'') was a government agency of Japan which investigated aviation accidents and incidents. It was subordinate to the Ministry of Transport, ...

. After a

train accident Classification of railway accidents, both in terms of cause and effect, is a valuable aid in studying rail (and other) accidents to help to prevent similar ones occurring in the future. Systematic investigation for over 150 years has led to the r ...

occurred on the

Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line was named after the Hibiya area in Chiyoda's Yurakucho district, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color silve ...

on March 8, 2000 the former AAIC was restructured to ARAIC to also deal with railway accidents. The

Japan Transport Safety Board The is Japan's authority for establishing transportation safety. It is a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It is housed in the in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The agency formed on Octob ...

began on October 1, 2008 as a merger between the

Japan Marine Accident Inquiry Agency was a body of the Japanese government that investigated accidents regarding boats and other marine equipment. It was established in June 1949. It was housed in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office at 2-1-2 Kasumigasaeki in Ch ...

(JMAIA) and the ARAIC.Establishment of the JTSB
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''Japan Transport Safety Board''. Retrieved on March 24, 2009.

Investigations

* 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident *

China Airlines Flight 120 China Airlines Flight 120 was a regularly scheduled flight from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan to Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. On August 20, 2007, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft operating the f ...

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ARAIC in Japanese
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