Form A
Application and checklist for the results of applications and site-visit(s)The checklist consists of two parts - one to be filled in by the community and one to be filled
in by the certifiers.
The following information in column 1 is the application; therefore please describe also alldetails:

Column 1

Column 2

Questions to be answered by the community

Questions to be answered by
the certifiers

Section A Community Overview

A.1 Briefly describe the community and its historical

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:development
Komoro City is located in eastern Nagano prefecture and isgeographically the center of Japan about 130 kilometers from
Tokyo. It spreads on the southern slope of Mt. Asama, one ofJapan’s major active volcanoes, and the Chikuma River goes
through the center of the city.
In early days, Komoro developed as a castle town, where
three

major

roads,

Nakasendo,

Hokkokukaido

andKoshukaido, met, eventually becoming a key transportation
junction for trading and then flourishing as a center ofcommerce. Reliable wholesalers in the area made good
reputations in and out of the area and helped Komoro becomea major commercial town. Komoro also has been committed to
culture, attracting many cultural figures.
Transforming into a modern society along with improvementsof transportation system, Komoro is still a poetic castle town
on a highland with unchanged landscapes and old customs
and atmosphere.

(See PP.1-8 of the Report for details.）

A.2 Describe the strategy, ambitions, objectives and work in
the community in regard to safety. It must be a higher level ofsafety than average for a community in the country or region.

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Are the descriptions
sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:・Measures … Based on the idea that “living in a safe andsecure community is all citizens’ wish”, Komoro has
been working on many activities related to safe andsecurity as a city’s priority policy, aiming at
establishing “the LOHAS town Komoro”.

・Goal… Based on a community building by working together, we
aim to realize a community where each citizen canfeel happy as well as safe and secure in his/her daily
life.

・Efforts…Because all people, with the diversification of theirlifestyles, need to work together to make a town
comfortable to live for each person by doing what
each

personcando,administrative

organs,individuals and various organizations and groups
have been working together(See P.9 of the Report for details.)

A.3 How are the mayor (or similar function of thecommunity) and the executive committee involved? Who ischairing the cross-sector group?
The Mayor, Chair of Komoro City Safe Community Steering
Committee, manages and promotes SC activities comprehensively.
An organization equivalent to Executive Committee is notestablished due to a different political system of Japan from
Western’s. Instead, to put cross-sectional cooperation together, Safe
Community

Promotion

Committee

coordinate

amongcross-organizational organizations and General Affairs Division of

Are the descriptions
sufficient?
Is the mayor involved?
□ yes
□ no
Is the executive committee
involved?
□ yes
□ no
Who is chairing the crosssectional group?

the city government coordinate among divisions of the city
government.

……………………………………

(See PP. 28-29 of the Report for details.)

A.4 Describe the injury risk-panorama in the community.

Istherisk-panorama
sufficiently described?

Local diagnosis by Injury Surveillance Committee identified risks□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:listed below.
① Traffic
・More than 200 traffic accidents occurred yearly.
・The number of deaths per 100,00 persons from traffic
accidents is higher than those of Nagano prefecture andnationwide.

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② The elderly
・ The population of elderly out of whole population
exceeds 25%, or one in four persons, of the total
population.
・The number of persons aged 65 and older transported tohospital by ambulance is extremely high compared withthat of other age groups.
③ Children
・ Many elementary and junior high school children get
injured at school.

・Many parents of preschool children are worried about
their children’s injuries from falls/bumps and burns etc.

④ Suicide・Suicide is the leading cause of the death among age group20-44.
・For the last 10 years, the average number of deaths fromsuicideexceeds

thatofNaganoprefectureandnationwide.

⑤ Disaster
・The starting point for a climb to Mt. Asama, one of active
volcanoes in Japan and erupts once in a while, is locatedin the city
・ The results of questionnaires of citizens show a highinterest in disaster prevention.

（See details P.61-62 of the Report and P.11-27for evident data）

Section B

Structure of the community

B.1 Describe the demographic structure of the community
In Komoro, proportion of aged population is higher than that of
the entire nation. The proportion productive-age population isless than that of the entire nation but more than of Nagano
prefecture. Proportion of child population and productive-age
population has been decreasing while that of aged population
has been increasing. Increase in aged population leads to increase

in injuries for the elderly.
Because agriculture is one of the major industries in the region,
injuries of persons engaging in farming are also the problem to beaddressed.
Foreign residents account for 1.5% of Komoro’s population are
also in high risk because of difference in language and lifestyle.
(See PP. 2-8 of the Report for details.)

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Is the demographic structure
and the different risks sufficientdescribed?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:B.2 Describe the SC/IP at present and the plans for the future.
Komoro City has been making great efforts to improve safety,
implementing safety promotion measures covering both sexes

Are the descriptions
sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:and all ages and environments. (See PP.41-48 of the Reportfor details.)

We now set priority goals to promote more effective community–building by Safe Community activities. (See P. 61-62 of the Reportfor details.)
A policy: ”Building a community where one can live easily,
safely and securely”, has been set into the master concept inwhich long-term vision and basic policy in Komoro City’scommunity building is laid out. (See PP. 99-102 of the Report for

details.)

B.3 Describe the support for sustained injury prevention of
the local politicians in the community and which parts of the
program have been undertaken and/or supported by theregional government?

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

The Mayor, Chair of Komoro City Safe Community Steering
Committee, is taking the leadership.
The City Council offers full support for the activities with its
Chairman as a member of the Safe Community Steering
Committee.
On a prefectural level, the Headquarters of the Nagano Police
Department promotes Safe Community activities and offers full
support including providing of data and manpower.
As for suicide, we cooperate with other organizations and groups inactivities such as a joint questionnaire survey with Nagano
Prefecture and a national university in the region.

B.4 Describe the strategic program concerning the safety
promotion and injury prevention work, which has beenformulated!
Komoro City

has been working on safety and security anddeveloped plans to promote activities in each field.
Examples:・Get Healthy Project（Prevention to be a user of Long-term care・Suicide prevention）
・Scent of Plum Plan (Child-rearing)4

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:・Regional Disaster Prevention Plan (Disaster prevention)(See P.101 of the Report for details)
In each neighborhood community, the chief of neighborhood
association leads disaster drills and neighborhood watches.

B.5 Who is responsible for the management of the SP/IP
program and where are they based in the local political andadministrative organization?

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

Mr. Nobuyuki Kashiwagi, Director General, General
Affairs Department, Komoro City Government.
B.6 Which is the lead unit for the SP/IP program?
Mr. Iwao Kashiwagi, Chief, General Affairs Division,
Komoro City Government.
B.7 Is the Safe Communities initiative a sustained program ora project?

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

The Safe Community is continuous programs based on ordinanceof Komoro City safe and secure community–building. (See PP.
99-102 of the Report for details.)

B.8 Are the objectives decided by the local politicians
covering the whole community? Which are they?

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

The citywide goal is set in the basic plan promoted by the mayor.
(See P.99-102 of the Report for details.)

B.9 Who have adopted these objectives?
Tsutomu Serizawa, the sixth Mayor of Komoro City

B.10 How are the Safe Community objectives evaluated andto whom are the results reported?
Measures and goals are set for each activity and evaluated by eachtaskforce for the short- and medium-term goals and by the Injury
Surveillance Committee for the long-term goals. These evaluation
results are reported to the Safe Community Steering Committee.
Yearly report to the JISC gets outside evaluation.

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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:
Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:B.11 Are economic incentives in order to increase safety used?
If yes, how are they used?

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:With increasing in population aging rate, persons who needfull-time nursing care are increasing, and long-term care costs are
increasing accordingly. Exercise programs for care prevention areincorporated in Indicator 6 so that increasing rate of long-term carecosts can be curbed.
Injuries occurred at schools are covered by mutual aid system
of National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and
Health.

Injuryprevention

programs

atschoolareincorporated in Indicators 6 so that medical costs can be
reduced.

(See PP. 85-95 of the Report for details.)

B.12 Are there local regulations for improved safety? If so,
describe them

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

Komoro City established an ordinance, “ Komoro City’s Safe andSecureCommunity-building”,

in

which

the

provision“Promotion of safe community activities” is provided as the
responsibility of the city and the provision “Making efforts tosecure own safety and promote safety activities in the region
as

well

as

cooperatingwithmeasuresandpolicies

implemented by the mayor” is provided as the responsibilityof the citizens.

Under this ordinance, 100,000 yen of subsidy is granted to citizens’
safety and security activities.
Disaster prevention drills in a region and at school are examples ofour efforts.

Section C Indicator 1
1.1 Describe the cross-sector group responsible formanaging, coordinating, and planning of the SP/IP program.
In order to promote Safe Community, Komoro City established
the Komoro City Safe Community Steering Committee as the baseorganization, which includes 35 members from every field. The
Committee is stipulated in the ordinance “ Komoro City’s Safeand Secure Community-building”.

(See PP. 28-35 of the Report for details.)

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Are the descriptions
sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:1.2 Describe how the local government and the health sector
are collaborating in the SC/IP work.

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:The head office of the Safe Committee Steering Committee is leadby the General Affairs Division of the city government and Each
Taskforce is led by a division of city government related to thematter dealt by the taskforce. Taking health care for example, The
head office of each Taskforce is led by Public Health Division,
Welfare Division and Senior Citizens’ Welfare Division of the city
government, making Division Chief of each Division a member of
each Taskforce. Health Center, a municipal public healthcare
center, also participates in the Safe Community Steering
Committee and each Taskforce.
For Example:
・Safe Committee Steering Committee

Saku Health andWelfare Office (Member)・Elderly Safety Taskforce Division Chief, Senior Citizens’
Welfare Division of Komoro City (Vice Chairman)

・Suicide Prevention Taskforce

Division Chief, Public

Health Division of Komoro City (Member)Head Health Nurse, Saku Health and Welfare Office(Member)(See P. 31-33 of the Report for details.)

1.3 How are NGOs: Red Cross, retirement organizations,sports organizations, parent and school organizations
involved in the SC/IP work?
The Komoro City Safe Community Steering Committee
consists of administrative organizations as well as various
public and private organizations such as Medical institutes,
community associations, schools, PTA, Senior Club, Child
Welfare Volunteers, Chamber of Industry and Commerce,
and agricultural cooperative.
(See P.31-33 of the Report for details.)

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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:1.4 Are there any systems for ordinary citizens to inform
about risk environments and risk situations they havefound in the community?

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

Generally, city public relations magazines and the city website
are used. Hazard maps are provided for disaster preparedness.
Efforts on Safe Community are publicized through specialized
monthly newsletter, city’s official website, occasional study
sessions and lectures etc. Through once-a-year forum, we
disseminate the situation of high-risk environments etc. and also
report on each Taskforce’s activities.
In any emergent situations including disasters, there arecommunication/information delivery systems at the neighborhood
community levels. So, all community members will gain
information from the city government through neighborhood
associations which they belong to.
(See P. 35-40 of the Report for details.)

1.5 Describe how the work is organized in a sustainable
manner.
In Komoro City’s Safe Community promotion system, the Safe
Community Steering Committee promotes the activities as acenter in cooperation with organizations inside the city
government, the Injury Surveillance Committee and eachTaskforce.
The Surveillance Committee provides each Taskforce thedata on injuries and advises on evaluation indexes as wellas analyzes the data.
Taskforces assess and evaluate the measures set based on
local diagnosis and regularly report their ongoing activities
to the Safe Community Steering Committee

Incorporation of the Safe Community activity into theadministrative plan secures continuity of the activities.

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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:Section D Indicator 2
2.1 Describe the sustainable work in regard to SC/IP infollowing areas and how the different sectors including
specific NGOs are involved in the work.
1. Safe traffic
2. Safe homes and leisure times
3. Safe children
4. Safe elderly
5. Safe work
6. Violence prevention
7. Suicide prevention
8. Disaster preparedness and response
9. Safe public places
10. Safe hospitals
11. Safe sports
12. Safe water
13. Safe schools
Are some of these areas overseen by from otherorganizations and/or agencies than from the community?
How is the community involved?
Komoro City’s efforts are as described below.
◎＝Planner・Main operator、○＝Cooperator・Affiliate
Alphabets are interlinked with PP.42-48 of the Report

The details on contents and methods of programs below
are described in the report attached to this form.
(See PP.41-48)
1. Safe trafficn. Experienceo.

Learning of
Skidding

Administrative

Police Station○

organsPrivatecompanies
Community

action groups

Motor schools◎

Companies◎

Traffic Safety○

Community○

Association

Safe driver class

City government◎

Police Station◎

Motor schools○

Traffic○

SafetyAssociation

association

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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:2. Safe homes and leisure times

u. Friendly Visit
Projecta. Safety classes
for parents
Administrative
organsCity◎

Fire Station○

government

Police Station

Privatecompanies

Community

action groups

3. Safe Children

City government◎

Child Welfare
Volunteers○○

Medical
Association
DentalAssociation○

Volunteer○○groupsb. Retuning fromd. Safe road map toand from school

Schools◎

Schools◎

PrivateCompanies○

Community

Community○

Community

○

PTA

◎

PTA
Pupils・students◎

school in a groupwith help of PTA
Administrative
organscompanies
Action group

4. Safe Elderly

association

association

m. Emergency

v. Hatsuratsu (Healthy

Calling System
for the Disabled
Administrative
organsCity

Community

action groups

5. Safe work

Administrative

and Vigorous) Nursing
Care Prevention Class◎Child Welfare
Volunteers

City government◎◎◎

Social Welfare
council○Community○

government

Fire Station◎

associationt. Projects for National Safety Week andIndustrial Health Week
Labor Standards Office◎organsCity government○

PrivateCompanies◎

companies

Federation
Association

of

Labor

Standards

10◎6. Violence prevention
j. Distribution of
Anticrime
Alarm to SchoolChildren
Administrative

City government◎organsschools◎

PrivatePrivate groups◎

Community

Pupils◎companiedaction groups

y. Counseling

Program for
Dementia
Prevention

City government

Social Welfare
Council
Medical
Associationh. Hureai (Interaction)
Administrative
organsCity government
Education◎

counselor
Privatecompanies
Community

action groups

PupilsStudents

○
○

◎

○

p. Lecture on

Depression

Telephone Komoro◎◎

Community
association

7. Suicide prevention◎

City government◎

Social Welfare
CouncilNursing carefacilities◎

Community○○

association

8. Disaster preparedness and responses. Support to Makel. Integrated
Mutual Support Map
disaster drillin Time of Disaster
Administrative
organsCity government

Police Station◎◎

Fire Station◎

PrivateCompanies◎

Community

Community◎organizations
action groups

association

City government
Social Welfare◎

Community○◎

Council

association

9. Safe public spaces
g. Patrol by a car with a flushing blue LED
light onAdministrative

City government◎organs

Police Station◎

PrivateCompanies◎

organizations
Community

action groups

Groups◎Community association◎

1110. Safe hospitals
Each hospital conducts its own safety measures under
medical safety guidelines.
11. Safety sport
f. AED and Emergency Aid Training
Administrative

City government◎organsFire Station◎

PrivateCompanies○

organizations
Community

action groups

Japan Red Cross◎

Community association○

12. Safe waterThis is included in children’s safety measures.
13. Safe schools③-a. Measures for children’s safety
・Identification of the place of injuries

at school・safety education for school children
・Training of preschool children forpredicting danger

Administrative

City government○

Teachers◎

Pupils・Students◎

organsSchools

2.2 Describe the work with genders, all ages and allenvironments and situations. Describe all activities like falls
prevention and how the work is done
Komoro City has been making great efforts to improvesafety, implementing safety promotion measures coveringboth sexes and all ages and environments.
Details are explained in the report therefore, please referre
to the description of the Indicator 2 in the report.
(See PP.41-48 of the Repot for details.)

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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:Section E Indicator 3
3.1 Identify all high risk groups and describe what is being
done to increase their safety. Groups at risk are often:
1. Indigenous people
2. Low-income groups
3. Minority groups within the community, including
workplaces
4. Those at risk for intentional injuries, including
victims of crime and self-harm
5. Abused women, men and children
6. People with mental illness, developmental delays orother disabilities
7. People participating in unsafe sports and recreation
settings
8. Homeless
9. People at risk for injuries from natural disasters
10. People living or working near high- risk
environments (for example, a particular road orintersection, a water hazard etc.

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

11. People at risk due to religion, ethnicity or sexual preferences
In Komoro City, high risk and vulnerable groups are defined
as follows:

1. Foreign residents
2. Abused persons
3.Personswithpsychologicaldisorder,developmental

disorder and other handicap

4. Climbers to Mt. Asama(See PP. 49-60 of the Report for the situations and measures.)Low-income persons are taken care of by a national public
assistance system.

3.2 Give examples of high risk environments
1. Describe how risk environments in the community
are identified
2. Describe prioritized groups and/or environments
3. Are there specific programs for their safety in thecommunity
4. Describe the timetable of the work
5. Are these groups involved in the prevention aspect ofthese programs?

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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:1. Foreign residents
The percentage of the number of registered foreign residents in
Komoro City’s total population is about 1.5 %, or 660 persons.
Considering they have some difficulties to live in a foreigncountry where language, culture and custom are all different
from theirs, the measures described below are taken in orderto support their life in Komoro City.

ProgramNumberPreventive
aspectSupportive measures for residents
of foreign nationalities
・Counseling service on livelihood 5 /week
・Japanese language classes
1/weekLearning session for volunteer 2/year
Japanese teachers
International Exchange Festival

1/year

2. Abused persons
In Komoro City, the number of abuse episodes is about 10 yearly.
Few abused persons talk about their situation to others andtend to conceal the problem. The following measures are taken tolisten to and solve their problems.
Programs

NumberPreventive
aspectSupport network for

Wheneveraid-requiring children

neededHureai (Interaction)

Open 5 days

Telephone Komoro

a weekEmergency temporary

Wheneverprotection of mother andneeded○○○child(ren)3. Persons with psychological disorder, developmental disorderand other handicap
In Komoro City, about 2,400 disabled persons live. Because

everyday living

and social living of those people are

significantly limited for some reason for lengthy periods of time,
variousconsultation

officesandambulatory

facilities

established to support their livings.

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are

4. Climbers to Mt. Asama
Mt. Asama, is one of the most active volcanoes as well as the
100 famous mountains in Japan, attracting more than 10,000
climbers a year. Although its volcanic activity is not so active

now, it could become active at any time. As the weather on themountain is variable, unpredicted things could happen due todeterioration in weather condition. Under these circumstances, thefollowing measures are set for a safe and nice mountain climbing.
Programs

NumberProtective
aspectConsultation on mountainAbout

climbing during summer
a. Inspection of climbing
trails and rescue drills

20/yearE-mail delivery service on

As needed○

3/year○○advisory and warning(See PP.49-60 of the Report for details.)

Section F Indicator 4
4.1 Describe the evidence-based strategies/programs that havebeen implemented for different age- groups and environments.
Measures for each age group and environments are as follows.
＊Please note, in the figure below, numbers ①, ②, ③, ④ and ⑤
represent taskforces for Traffic Safety, Elderly Safety, Children’s
Safety, Suicide Prevention and Disaster Prevention respectively, andalphabets represent measures described in Indicator 2.

(See PP. 61-81of the Report for details.)
Children
0～14 years

Youth15～24 years

AdultsHome③-aSchools, Nursery schools ③-b
Traffic①-c

Leisure・Sport

Indicator２-e

Other・Public spaces

⑤-a

Home

⑤-b

Workplace⑤-c

Traffic①-c

Leisure・Sport

Indicator２-f

Other・Public spaces

⑤-a

Home

⑤-b

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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:25～64 years

Aged

Workplace⑤-c

Traffic①-c

Leisure・Sport

Indicator２-f

Other・Public spaces

⑤-a

Home

②-a,②-c

65 years and Workplace

⑤-c

older

Traffic①-a,①-b

Leisure・Sport

Indicator２-f

Other・Public spaces⑤-a

4.2 Has any contacts been established with ASCSCs , WHO
CCCSP, other scientific institutions, or knowledgeableorganizations
about
the
development
and/orimplementation of evidence-based strategies? Which ones?
What has been the extent of their counsel?

Are the descriptionssufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

Notice! WHO links to evidence- based interventions are foundat the end of form B!
Komoro City has JISC, a SC Support Center, participate as amember in the Safe Community Steering Committee and as anadvisor in each Taskforce. JISC will conduct outside evaluation of
yearly report after being designated.
We invite evaluators for a site visit from the Certifying Center tohave advisee from them.
The Surveillance Committee has experts from Shinshu University
and Tokyo University analyze and evaluate data and long-term
indicators.

Section G Indicator 5
5.1 What local data is used to determine the injury
prevention strategies? For example, registering injuries canbe done at hospitals, health centers, dentists, schools, care of
the elderly organizations and the local police.
Household surveys can also be used for collection of data
about injuries and risk environments and risk situations.
Which methods are used in the community?
As for injury data, various data are collected and analyzed byseverity as seen below.

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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:5.2 Describe how data are presented in order to promote safety
and prevent injuries in the community.

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

Necessary data are provided from organization and groups injurisdiction(Example)
・Vital Statistics Ministry of health, Labour and Health provides
compiled data based on information frommunicipality once a year
・Police Statistics Police collects data as needed and provides
once a year
(See PP. 81-85 of the Report for details.)
・Aggregate data based on the number of emergency transportation
to hospital
・Questionnaire survey for citizens

5.3 Describe how the community documents and uses
knowledge about causes of injuries, groups at risk and risky
environments. How does the community document progressover time?
Data are analyzed by the Surveillance Committee and submitted toeach Taskforce after extracting data which meet each Taskforces
problems. Each Taskforce use provided data to set agendas andcompile a yearly report.
(See P. 85 of the Report for details.)

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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:Section H Indicator 6
6.1 How does your community analyze results from theinjury data to track trends and results from the programs?
What is working well and has given you good results. What
are the plans to continue? What needs to be changed?

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

The Injury Surveillance Committee provides each Taskforce
the data on injuries so that it analyzes and evaluates thedata. Data used here are mainly collected at Komoro Kosei
General Hospital.
Although Japanese medical institutions rarely provide theirdata to the third party, cooperation from Komoro Kosei
General Hospital makes it possible to use medical facilities
data to be use with its great understanding of the idea of Safe
Community. Accumulating the data from medical institutions,
we will be able to have more effective measures.
Japanese governments only releases data on national healthinsurance of record month, and that makes it very difficult toget detailed data of months other than record month.
However, we try to utilize the data by computerize them.

(See P.84 of the Report for details.)

6.2 Describe how the results from the program evaluations
are used

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

The evaluation results based on indicators for eachmeasure are used as information to decide if changes
necessary as well as basic data to decide the direction ofactivities of the Komoro City Safe Community Steering
Committee.

(See P. 99-100 of the Report for details.)

6.3 Describe the changes in pattern of injuries, attitudes,
behavior and knowledge of the risks for injuries as a result of
the programs.
・Exercise program for prevention to become a long-term careservice user

Total 52 times in 2011

Based on the injury trend and the situation of joint disease,18

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:exercise program has changed more focused on caring joints,
leading to participants’ better understanding and increasingawareness of injuries.
・Creation and use of a mutual support map with citizens
60 districts among 68 districts have made a map as of March in2012.

Disasterprevention

classesincreased

participants’awareness of disaster prevention, which made participants shareof necessity to connect each other among community members.
(See PP.85-95 of the report for details.)

Section I Indicator 7
7.1 Describe how the community has joined in andcollaborates in national and international safe community
networks.

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

Komoro City has actively not only participated in but alsopresented activity reports and study results at both domestic
and international Safe Community Network activities.
Especially inside Japan, we exchange information with Safe
Communities already designated and municipals working on
to be designated around the same time with us, with which
we have study sessions on Safe Community. We alsoestablished “Safe Community Municipal Network” with othermunicipalities to exchange various information.

7.2 Will the designation ceremony coincide with any
international conference, seminar or other forms ofinternational or national exchange?
Komoro City, Toshima City and Minowa Town will jointly
host 6th Asian Regional Conference on Safe Communities.
Komoro City will hold traveling Seminar to interact with Safe
Community of foreign countries. We also integrate
designation ceremony into the seminar.

7.3 Which already designated Safe Communities will be
invited for the designation ceremony?
We will invite all SC designated communities in Japan.
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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:7.4 Which international conferences and national Safe
Community conferences has the municipality participated in?

Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing:

Overseas2010. Mar. Participated in 19th International Safety
Communities

Conference in Suwon, South

Korea

2010. Oct. Participated and made a presentation inInternational Symposium on Safe Communities in
Taipei, Taiwan

2010.Oct. Attended Taiwan joint Safe Community designation
ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan

2011.Sept. Participated and made a presentation in 20th
International Conference on Safe Communities inFalun, Sweden

Domestic
2010.Mar. Attended International Safe School designation
ceremony of Ikeda Elementary School attached to
Osaka-Kyoiku University

2010.Nov. Participated and made a presentation in 2010
Atsugi Safety/Security Festa
Attended2010.Nov.

the

Safe

Community

designation

ceremony of Atsugi City

2011. June.

Participated in Toshima Safety/Security Festa

2011

2011. Nov. Participated in National Inaugural Meeting of the
Safe

Community

Promotion

Municipalities

Network
2011. Dec. Participate in the symposium on ISS(See P.96-98 of the Report for details.)

7.5 In which Regional Network for Safe Communities is thecommunity a member or planning to seek membership?
(Asian, European, Pan-Pacific, African or Latin-American
Regional Network for Safe Communities)
We are going to be a member of the Asia Region Safe Community
Network.

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Are the descriptions sufficient?
□ yes□ no If no! What is missing: