The is
Japan's authority for establishing transportation safety. It is a division of the
(MLIT). It is housed in the in
Kasumigaseki
Kasumigaseki (霞が関, 霞ヶ関 or 霞ケ関) is a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices. The name is often used as a metonym for the Japanese government bureaucracy, w ...
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Chiyoda-ku
is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.[Profil ...]
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Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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Japan.
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).
the chairperson is .
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.
Logo
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Japan Transport Safety Board. Retrieved on April 27, 2013.
Air accident investigations
* Japan Airlines Flight 123
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (JAL123) () was a scheduled domestic Japan Air Lines passenger flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Itami International Airport in Osaka. On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747SR operating this flight suffered a sudde ...
* China Airlines Flight 120
* FedEx Express Flight 80
* Asiana Airlines Flight 162
* Korean Air Flight 2708
See also
* Japan Civil Aviation Bureau
References
External links
Japan Transport Safety Board
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Transport Safety Board
Rail accident investigators
Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents
2008 establishments in Japan
Transport organizations based in Japan
Government agencies established in 2008