Service Guide

The National Agency for Automobile and Land Transport Technology(NALTEC) contributes to the realization of a world in whichtransportation is safe and environmentally friendly.

History of establishment
NALTEC was established through the integration of two Independent Administrative Agencies, the National
Agency of Vehicle Inspection and the National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory. Its objectives are tosecure a safe and environmentally friendly transportsystem through the generation of synergy fromcomprehensive measures from the design process and new vehicles to the usage process based on the Act
to Partially Revise the Road Transport Vehicle Act and Act on the National Agency of Vehicle Inspection,
Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 44 promulgated June 24, 2015). At the same time, theconfirmation vehicle registration check related to the compliance examinations of vehicle registration
regulations performed by the government were transferred to NALTEC.

First-term mid-term plans
Accurate, strict, and fair implementation of duties
Examinations of vehicle(Standards compliance examinations for type approval)(Standards compliance examinations for the usage stage)

B a s ic polic ie s
Establish and thoroughly implement strict and fair inspection methods
Establish research and inspection for new technology and strengtheninternational communicativity

Support administrations that deal withnew technology and social demands

Support the international standardizationof Japanese technology

Produce high-quality research results

International standardization of automobile
technology

Improvement and enhancement of vehicle
examinations
Improvement and enhancement of vehicle examinations

International standardization of railroad
technology

Organizational chart
PresidentInternal Auditing Office

Representatives of board ofOBD Inspection Center

directors (NTSEL managers)
Executive Director : 4

Administration Division

Administration Department

Personnel DivisionAccounting Division

AuditorPlanning Department

Planning Division
Management Division

Auditor’s’ Office

Human Resources Development Division
Training Center
Director for Technology Coordination *Inspection DivisionInspection Department

Facilities Division
Automobile Type Approval Test Department *Automobile Proving Ground*Automobile Recall Technical Verification Department *Chubu Office*Environment Research Department *Automotive Safety Research Department *Traffic System Research Department *Railway Certification Center*

Main Branch Office

Administration DivisionInspection Division*Established within the National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory

Branch Office

HistoryApril 1950

The Transportation Technical Research Institute was established as a general technical researchorganization of the Ministry of Transport

April 1963

The Transportation Technical Research Institute was reorganized as the Ship Research Institute.

July 1970

Traffic safety and Nuisance Research Institute was established by way of separation fromthe Ship Research Institute.

January 2001 Due to realignment of central government agencies, the Traffic Safety and Nuisance ResearchInstitute was placed under the control of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
April 2001

Inaugurated as the National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory(NTSEL),an Independent Administrative Institute.

July 2002

Establishment of the National Agency of Vehicle Inspection.

April 2016Establishment of the National Agency for Automobile and Land Transport Technology.(NALTEC)
Transfer vehicle registration confirmation check to the conformity assessment of the registration
regulation that Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is carried out to the NALTEC.

Comprehensive measures from automobile design to the usage stage(new results from the establishment of the organization)
NALTEC carries out comprehensive and unified measures for automobile technology, from design
process (examinations during vehicle inspections and technical verification for recalls), and has
measures and systems guarantee safety of Automobile usage. In addition, it is expected that
communicate internationally safety and environmental measures that target the usage stage andFurthermore, we contribute to the promotion of the development and spread of innovative technology,

DesignNew vehicles

Research to support the formulationof regulation

Type approval test

Use the actual conditions and technologicalinformation of automobiles to examine thecontent to be standardized and formulate plans
for safety and environmental standards.

Prevent the distribution of faulty vehicles
by carrying out regulations complianceexaminations related to type approvals attest tracks and collision test facilities

NALTEC carries out comprehensive operations from design process and new vehicles to the usage
Expected results
Formulation of standards focused also on the usage stage andimprovement of type designation examination methods
Practical use at
research sections
Technical informationand knowledge
during the usage
process

Promotion of the acquisition of international
standards for Japanese technology byformulating highly effective standards andproposing international standards

Swift implementation of recalls
Information sharing
with recall verification
sections

Vastamount ofinspection
information

(research to support automobile regulations) and new vehicles (type approval test) to the usage
systems that can tackle comprehensively the duties related to automobile technology. Theseknowledge and information gained through on-site work will strengthen the ability to propose andcontribute to the international standardization of Japanese technology.
such as fuel-cell automobiles and automatic traveling systems.

Usage process
Vehicle inspections

Technical verification for recalls

Guarantee regulations compliance during theusage process by examining the regulations
compliance of over 7 million cases per year at
the 93 vehicle inspection station nationwide

Reject vehicles that do not comply withregulations by technically verifying thecauses of vehicle defects and recall
measuresstage and implements rapid and reliable measures to introduce new technology and discover defects.

based on relevant information

Development of appropriate and efficient examination
methods for innovative technology
Research of OBD※
inspection methods

Analysis of failure rate for
specific examination items※OBD:On-board diagnostics

Operations

Comprehensively address various motor vehicle-related issues, including
Support to the government’s policymaking and regulation development relating to safety and the environment through tests and studiesAutomotive Safety Research Department
By developing future safety regulations and technology evaluation methods in response to advanced andsophisticated new technologies such as automated driving systems and studying automotive safety issues
from the driver's and pedestrian's perspective, we help to reduce safety risks in motor-vehicle traffic and createa safe and secure society.
To reduce the number of traffic accident fatalities, we conduct various surveys and studies on collision safety tominimize damage, preventive safety to avoid accidents, etc.
Experiment to evaluate the effect oftheoperation of information systems(car navigation, smart phones, etc.) on driving

In addition, we propose improved methods for examining vehicles in maintenance and periodical technicalinspection in response to new technologies.

Environment Research Department
To solve various environmental issues and respond to environmental regulations and technologies which aregrowing more sophisticated and complicated, we conduct studies designed to develop standards, improve
test methods, etc., and help prevent pollution.

Portable Emissions Measurement System

To analyze issues and suggest solutions in an effort to combat global warming, reduce environmental load,
promote energy saving, and diversify energy sources, etc. in the field of traffic policymaking, we conduct
studies designed to promote environmentally-friendly traffic behavior and reduce environmental load by raisingfuel economy standards, improving methods for calculating emissions of harmful substances and noise, etc.

Director for International Harmonization Promotion
Efforts to internationally harmonize automobile technical regulations have been made by World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP29)
within the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE). Japan has been actively working on the development and amendment of UN
regulations and UN global technical regulations under the international agreements sponsored by UN-ECE/WP29.
To support the Japanese government’s efforts, the Department joins a variety of meetings organized under UN-ECE/WP29 and actively proposes
regulations and test procedures making best use of the results of its studies and type approval tests, and based on Japanese advanced automobiletechnology, thus contributing to promoting Japanese automobile technology as part of international regulations.

Prevention of the circulation of vehicles not compliant with regulations through type approval tests
Automobile Type Approval Test Department
The Department is the only organization in Japan that certifies new vehicles’ compliance with regulations froma neutral and fair standpoint under the Automobile Type Approval System.

Occupant protection test for head-on collisions

Through the implementation of thorough type approval test, prevents the production and circulation of
non-compliant vehicles, ensures public safety and security, and contributes to environmental preservation.
By improving its technological capabilities, the Department actively responds to increasingly sophisticated andcomplex automotive technologies as well as to new international frameworks surrounding motor vehicles.

Regulations compliance examinations for usage process
Inspection sections, regional inspection sections, and regional offices, OBD Inspection Center
Reliably, strictly, and fairly carry out standards compliance examinations (examinations during
vehicle inspections) during the usage stage of automobiles.
Prepare the necessary equipment and facilities to carry out inspection work in accordance withexamination work rules and engage in staff training and promotional activities aimed at examinees
to understand the inspection work.
In addition, work to review specialist guides at regional offices and improve guidance displays toimprove the safety and convenience of examinees.
Promote further measures for illegally remodeled automobiles by planning the efficient
implementation of street inspections, which are in high social demand, in coordination with theMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, while at the same time sharing information
related to vehicles suspected of the dismantling of necessary structures and equipment.
Top: Examination at inspection site;
Left: Street inspection Right: Demonstration of OBD inspection

We are preparing for management system of vehicle information related to OBD inspection anddeveloping inspection methods utilizing OBD information in order to implement OBD inspection.

Comprehensively address various motor vehicle-related issues, including
Faster and secure response to recalls through recall-related technical verification of motor vehicles
Automobile Recall Technical Verification Department
To ensure greater safety and security for automobile users, the Department verifies technical issues, especiallywhether the causes of defects are in the design or manufacturing process and contributes to make recalls
promptly and thoroughly.
Further, to respond to sophisticated and complex vehicle technologies as well as those defects, theDepartment develops its technical capabilities, coordinates with other organizations at home and abroad, andenhances its operations.
Experiment of unnecessary operation of
the collision damage reduction brake

Registration confirmation check for automobiles
General affairs sections, regional inspection sections, and regional offices
Carry out confirmation inspection work related to compliance examinations for registered standards.

Advance confirmation of registration
application materials

Ensure international coordination, including
Provision of technical support for the promotion of Japanese railway technology as part of international standards
Railway Certification CenterIn 2012, the Railway Certification Center was accredited as the first Japanese certification body in railway
sector for conformity with international standards.
Through the certification activities based on ISO/IEC 17065 for conformity assessment, the Department
contributes to international deployment of railway products and technologies.

The railway certification office is a product certification organization of the Accreditation System of National Institute of Technology andEvaluation, which received authorization from the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation International Accreditation Japan (IA Japan).
Certification covers railway-industry RAMS drawing and specification certification and RAMS product certification.

Support local transportation systems, including
Provision of technical support of technical assessment and standard development for transportation systems through tests and studies
Traffic System Research Department
To help ensure safe, secure, and stable operations for transportation systems such as railway and LRT (LightRail Transit), the Department clarifies the causes of accidents, studies low cost and safer accident preventive
measures, and conducts technical assessments of new systems and rolling stock, while promoting the use of
public transportation, thus contributing to solving environmental issues.

Demonstration of Streetcar-to-Vehicle
Communication ASV

Furthermore, works on general safety and environmental issues of land transportation, such as sustainable
maintenance and revitalization of local transportation, safe and secure mobility of senior citizens and vulnerable
road users, and technological coordination between motor vehicles and railways.

Our logo shows a blue sphere representing technology and agreen sphere representing the environment moving stably in

Asahikawathe same trajectory. The logo represents our management

Kitami

Hokkaido Main
Branch Officephilosophy: build a world in which transportation is safe andenvironmentally friendly.

KushiroObihiroLocation Map

Muroran

Hokkaido District

Kinki District

Tohoku District

Chugoku District

Kanto District

Shikoku District

Hokuriku Shin-etsu District

Kyushu District

Chubu District

Okinawa District

Hakodate

Head Office, Training Center
Main Branch Offices
Branch Offices
National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory

Yamagata

Aomori

HachinoheAkitaIwate

Shonai

Hokuriku Shin-etsu
Main Branch Office
Tohoku Main Branch OfficeNagano
Matsumoto
Yamanashi
Nagaoka

Fukushima

Gunma

Chubu Main Ishikawa
Branch Office
Yokkaichi
Shiga
Chugoku Main
Branch Office
Kyushu Main
Branch Office

Shimane

Gifu

Komaki

Kyoto

Yamaguchi

Okayama
Fukuyama

Kitakyushu

Shizuoka

Himeji
Hyogo

Nara

Saga

Nagasaki
Kumamoto

Ehime

Training
CenterChubu
Office

Kochi
Tokushima

Oita
Chikuho
KurumeWakayama
Izumi
NaniwaShikoku Main
Branch Office

Head OfficeHamamatsu

Mie

IzuharaSaseboTochigi
Sano

Saitama

Hida

Fukui

Tottori

Kumagaya
National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory
Automobile Proving Ground
2nd Automobile Proving Ground
IbarakiTsuchiura
Kasukabe
Noda
Tokorozawa
Narashino
Chiba
Sodegaura
Adachi

Iwaki

ToyamaToyohashi

NumazuHachioji
Kyotominami
Tama
Nishimikawa

NerimaKanto Main Branch Office
KawasakiKanagawa
ShonanSagamiNational Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory

Kinki Main Branch OfficeAmami-Oshima

Okinawa

MiyazakiKagoshima

Amami

MiyakoOkinawa
Yaeyama

National Agency for Automobile and Land Transport Technology
Sumitomo Life Insurance Yotsuya Bldg. 4F,

7-42-27 Jindaiji Higashimachi,

4-41,Yotuyahonshio-cho, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo,Japan

Chofu-shi, Tokyo,Japan

160-0003182-0012

TEL. +81-3-5363-3441 FAX. +81-3-5363-3347

TEL. +81-422-41-3207 FAX. +81-422-41-3233

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