Japan Transport Safety Board

Japan Transport Safety Board

Yotsuya Tower [ja], where the agency has its headquarters
Agency overview
Formed2008
JurisdictionGovernment of Japan
Headquarters15th Floor, Yotsuya Tower, 1-6-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (160-0004)
Websitewww.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/english.html
2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office [ja], a building which housed 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).

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 the chairperson is Nobuo Takeda (武田 展雄, Takeda Nobuo).[2]

  1. ^ "Establishment of the JTSB." (Archive) Japan Transport Safety Board. Retrieved on March 24, 2009.
  2. ^ "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