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JITTI USA Privacy Policy Japan International Transport and Tourism Institute USA ("we " or "JITTI USA ") respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy and applicable law and regulations concerning the protection of personal information. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. 1. Personal Information We Collect and How We Collect It (1) General The personal information we collect are as below: Name Telephone number E-mail address Postal address (home/office) Any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline Other categories of personal information necessary for the purposes specified in Section 2 (If required under applicable law, we will notify you of the categories of such personal information separately.) Personal information may be collected by us directly from you, including, without limitation, through our websites (when you visit our websites, or when you fill in forms displayed on our websites), by e-mail correspondence, by postal mail or fax, or in person, social media correspondences, and automatically collected information from our website operating system, as described in (2) and (3) below. (2) Information Collected and Stored Automatically Our website operating system, Wix.com, and online analytics tools such as Google Analytics collect and track information about your visit to our website so that we can monitor usage and make improvements. These tools may store your IP address from which you access our website. 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We will periodically review the personal information held by us to ensure that is accurate and up to date. We will also retain your personal information only for so long as it is necessary to provide our services to you (subject to our internal policies on data retention, or applicable laws and regulations). 8. Personal Information of Others Provided by Users In certain situations, you may provide the personal information of others to us. It is your responsibilities to confirm that such other persons have consented to the handling and disclosing of their personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and you shall be authorized to receive any privacy notice and other related information on their behalf. 9. Children’s Privacy We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 without the consent of their parents or guardians. 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JITI 2015 Aviation Seminar Future Challenges of Open Skies Agreements October 9th, 2015 The Willard InterContinental Washington 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Since its creation over 20 years ago, U.S. Open Skies policy has spread throughout Europe and Asia. As the United States has reached Open Skies agreements (OSAs) with over 114 nations from around the world, it can be said that the greater part of global aviation market has liberalized today. Because of such this widespread liberalization, international carriers have expanded both their markets and flight frequency, meaning lower fares. Moreover, alliance formation has led to closer cooperation among carriers, and their strategic global network planning is progressing. On the other hand, due to stronger cooperation among the carriers, issues with OSAs have increasingly emerged, such as oligopolies in some markets and intensification of competition among traditional alliances – in part thanks to newcomers outside of the alliances. JITI invited airline representatives from around the world to discuss issues and current network expansion circumstances in the global aviation market and the propriety of future growth of OSA liberalization. Opening Remarks Makoto Washizu President JITI USA Bio Keynote Speeches Hideki Kunugi Senior Vice President, The Americas, General Manager, New York, All Nippon Airways (ANA) Bio Presentation Michael Wascom Managing Director, Government & International Affairs, American Airlines Bio Presentation James Hnat Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, JetBlue Airways Bio Presentation Nancy Sparks Managing Director, Regulatory Affairs, FedEx Bio Panel Discussion Greg Walden Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Bio Tadashi Matsushita Director of Strategic Planning, The Americas, ANA Bio

The Elizabeth line is an underground railway line operating east to west through London and its surrounding areas. It connects stations in the western part of London, such as Reading Station and Heathrow Airport terminals, with Abbey Wood Station or Shenfield Station in the east. Originally consisting of only the Great Western Main Line and the Great Eastern Main Line, a new section was constructed in central London to directly connect these lines as part of the “Crossrail” project. After the opening of this new section, the line was renamed the “Elizabeth line” as a collective name. This report details the findings from an inspection of the line that the author conducted. < Back Surface Transportation August 2025 Inspection Report on the London Underground Elizabeth Line By Haruhiko Koyama The Elizabeth line is an underground railway line operating east to west through London and its surrounding areas. It connects stations in the western part of London, such as Reading Station and Heathrow Airport terminals, with Abbey Wood Station or Shenfield Station in the east. Originally consisting of only the Great Western Main Line and the Great Eastern Main Line, a new section was constructed in central London to directly connect these lines as part of the “Crossrail” project. After the opening of this new section, the line was renamed the “Elizabeth line” as a collective name. This report details the findings from an inspection of the line that the author conducted. Download the Report

In this report, JITTI Aviation Analyst Tetsuhiro Hagiwara gives a run-down of the 2021 Future Travel Experience Global Conference, which was held for the first time in person since the beginning of the pandemic. Learn more about cutting-edge travel technology and airport industry trends, including advancements in biometric authentiation, the Hyperloop, and more. < Back Civil Aviation Event Report: Future Travel Experience Global 2021 By Tetsuhiro Hagiwara In this report, JITTI Aviation Analyst Tetsuhiro Hagiwara gives a run-down of the 2021 Future Travel Experience Global Conference, which was held for the first time in person since the beginning of the pandemic. Learn more about cutting-edge travel technology and airport industry trends, including advancements in biometric authentiation, the Hyperloop, and more. Download the Report

At their 76th Annual Meeting, the International Air Transport Association made predictions of a continued difficult 2020, but some upswing in 2021. With the Covid-19 pandemic still causing hardship on the aviation industry, read more on how they came to this conclusion, and what recommendations were made to combat recovery challenges. < Back Civil Aviation The Aviation Industry's 2020 Full-year Forecast and 2021 Outlook -As Detailed in the IATA Annual Meeting Report- By Daisuke Takagi At their 76th Annual Meeting, the International Air Transport Association made predictions of a continued difficult 2020, but some upswing in 2021. With the Covid-19 pandemic still causing hardship on the aviation industry, read more on how they came to this conclusion, and what recommendations were made to combat recovery challenges. Download the Report

JITTI Journal July 2018 Back to All JITTI Journals July 2018 Feature Article Airport Concession Policy in Japan by Sarah Fraser Earlier this year, in February, JITI USA held a workshop regarding airport redevelopment using public-private partnerships or P3s. I would like to take a moment to check in with this issue and see what developments or changes have been happening since this time. As you may remember from our workshop, we had speakers from a variety of organizations such as the Eno Center for Transportation, as well as a speaker from the LaGuardia Airport and MLIT Japan. In the seminar we discussed recent cases of airport redevelopment using P3 in the United States, such as the LaGuardia Airport Terminal B project, as well as the efforts in Japan, such as the Sendai Airport and the Fukuoka Airport. In addition, we discussed many of the challenges and benefits there are in utilizing P3s in airport redevelopments. JITI staff, former president, and the speakers of our 2018 Airport Workshop From left: Hiroki Sakamoto (JITI), Makoto Washizu (JITI), Robert Puentes (ENO), Lysa Scully (LaGuardia), Azuma Kato (MLIT) I would like to take a moment to review the Japanese approach to airport concession, as explained by Mr. Kato during our seminar. Regional economies and airports in Japan are and were facing a tough time which created the idea to call for airports to serve as points of regional revitalization. In this way, areas could attract tourists and there would be more flexibility to fly in and out of Japan's regional airports as opposed to hub airports. Concessions would also give the addition benefit of improve efficiency for airport governance. When the airports were governed by MLIT for aeronautical activities and private companies were in charge of non-aeronautical activities there was a disconnect between the management strategies. The idea behind using a concession system was the ability to unify this strategy and attract airlines to various airports. In addition, by using a concession strategy, there would more incentive for efficient airport management and operations across the board, as well as more incentive to promote individual airports for tourism or in connection with local business and other entities. With concessions in place, there are a variety of important benefits, such as improved accessibility to destinations, a stimulus for Japan's overall airline industry, and local revitalization, one of the main focal points. For more information, you can find Mr. Kato's presentation here (link to presentation) via the JITI website. Attracting airlines is one benefit of implementing concessions systems. ( Airport by Jorge DÃaz is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 ) Recently, MLIT has announced that starting in 2020 they will outsource the operation of four national airports, as well as two specific municipal airports and one municipal airport, to the private sector. In accordance with this, MLIT has developed an application guidelines document, which contains conditions and procedures, the selection methods for P3s, and schedules/deadlines for applications and selections. According to the schedule, the terminal building operations will begin in January of 2020 with runway operations continuing at later dates from June of the same year to March of 2021. Using the private-sector know-how and P3s, MLIT hopes to promote tourism and improve the regional activation of the seven airports in Hokkaido. It will be interesting to see the process and the fruits of this extensive P3 project in Hokkaido.

From August 1st to 3rd, 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) co-hosted the FAA Drone Symposium and the FAA Advanced Air Mobility Summit2 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.The FAA Drone Symposium is a symposium on unmanned aircraft systems that has been held annually since 2016 and is the predecessor of the FAA UAS Symposium; this was the eighth time it was held. < Back Civil Aviation August 2024 Participation Report from the 2023 FAA Drone Symposium and the Advanced Air Mobility Summit By Shinichiro Tsuri From August 1st to 3rd, 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) co-hosted the FAA Drone Symposium and the FAA Advanced Air Mobility Summit2 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.The FAA Drone Symposium is a symposium on unmanned aircraft systems that has been held annually since 2016 and is the predecessor of the FAA UAS Symposium; this was the eighth time it was held. Download the Report

2024 Rail Symposium hosted by JITTI USA and APTA. Held on April 11, 2024 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Rail Symposium 2024 Value Creation for a Sustainable Society A JITTI and APTA Co-hosted Event: Thursday, April 11th 3:00- 6:00 PM (Followed by a Reception) A Free Hybrid Event: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004 / Virtually hosted in English and Japanese An Official Participating Event of the 2024 National Cherry Blossom Festival Timetable Directions to Venue Overview The business environment surrounding passenger rail has changed dramatically in both Japan and the U.S. since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020. Currently, demand for passenger rail has not returned to pre-pandemic levels in view of a diversification of work styles, including more remote work. At the same time, we have witnessed significant milestones for the passenger rail industry in the past few years. The Biden administration in the U.S. has made a generational investment in rail and public transportation infrastructure under the IIJA (the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act enacted in November 2021). In Japan, high-speed rail projects such as the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension scheduled for March 2024 and development projects around terminal stations such as Shibuya in Tokyo and Umeda in Osaka are progressing smoothly. As the world moves toward carbon neutrality, passenger rail is attracting attention as an environmentally friendly means of transportation. As natural disasters become more frequent, it is becoming increasingly important to strengthen urban resilience. This symposium aims to present and discuss how the value of passenger rail (high speed, intercity, commuter, heavy and light rail) is being articulated and measured in both Japan and the U.S., reaffirming the social and economic role that passenger rail plays by connecting cities and enhancing their attractiveness and resilience. UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that this symposium covers: Opening Remarks Masafumi Shukuri Chairman, Japan International Transport and Tourism Institute, USA (JITTI) Chairman, Japan Transport and Tourism Research Institute (JTTRI) Bio Paul Skoutelas President and CEO, American Public Transportation Association ( APTA) Bio Greetings by Guest of Honor (Video Message) Shigeo Yamada Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America Bio Keynote Speeches Jennifer Mitchell Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration Bio Masako Okano Deputy Director-General of the Railway Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan (MLIT) Bio Presentation Panel Discussion #1 The Economic Value That Passenger Rail Brings by Connecting Cities Panelists Masaru Yosano Corporate Officer, Chief General Manager Consulting and Coordination Office – Overseas High Speed Railway Project, Technology Planning Department, General Technology Division, JR Central Bio Presentation Satoko Okumura Executive Director, East Japan Railway Company, Los Angeles Office Bio Presentation Andy Byford Senior Vice President, High Speed Rail Programs, Amtrak Bio Presentation Chad Edison Chief Deputy Secretary, Rail and Transit, California State Transportation Agency Bio Presentation Moderator Chris Brady Chair, APTA Committee on High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail; Principal Commonwealth Research Associates, LLC Bio Panel Discussion #2 Enhancing Urban Attractiveness and Resilience Panelists Masayoshi Uemura Senior Managing Director (Urban Transportation Business), Hankyu Corporation Bio Presentation Noriyoshi Yamagami Managing Executive Officer, Responsible for International Business Department, Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. Bio Presentation Catherine Rinaldi President, MTA Metro-North Railroad Bio Presentation Holly Arnold Administrator, Maryland Transit Administration Bio Presentation Moderator Jennifer DeBruhl Director, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation Bio

In the previous report, I provided an overview and history of TOD in Paris, France, and also highlighted the redevelopment of the Rive Gauche area as a good example of it. In this issue, I would like to introduce the specific contents (transportation planning, housing/office development, future prospects) of this TOD. Additionally, in the second half, I will discuss the implications obtained from this series: Survey of Smart City Trends in the West - TOD and MaaS. < Back Surface Transportation March 2024 Survey of Smart City Trends in the West: Transit-oriented Development and Mobility-as-a-Service Part 7: Case Study – Paris, France(2) Final Report By Akito Okabe In the previous report, I provided an overview and history of TOD in Paris, France, and also highlighted the redevelopment of the Rive Gauche area as a good example of it. In this issue, I would like to introduce the specific contents (transportation planning, housing/office development, future prospects) of this TOD. Additionally, in the second half, I will discuss the implications obtained from this series: Survey of Smart City Trends in the West - TOD and MaaS. Download the Report

NEWS April 16th, 2025 In Memoriam of Ambassador Richard L. Armitage, Former Deputy Secretary of State Ambassador Richard L. Armitage, former deputy secretary of state, passed away on April 13th, 2025. Ambassador Armitage supported and greatly contributed to our activities in the United States. With great sadness, JITTI USA and JTTRI sent the following letter to Armitage International expressing our deepest condolences. Grow Your Vision Read More Latest News September 6, 2023 Press Release: Top Aviation Leaders to Join JITTI USA Civil Aviation Symposium JITTI USA to host Civil Aviation Symposium, "Achieving Aviation Sustainability: Challenges and Necessary Cooperation." Top officials and experts from the federal government, aviation industry, and manufacturing have confirmed their participation. Event Date: Thursday, October 5th, 3:00-6:15 PM Location: Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center & Held Virtually Read More September 6, 2023 JITTI USA Senior Representative, Kazuya Fukuhara, Interviewed by Sakura Radio Sakura Radio, a Japanese internet radio station, interviewed Senior Representative Fukuhara on his role at JITTI USA and how life has been here in the States. The interview was conducted in Japanese, and will air at www.SakuraRadio.com on 9/11 at 8:15 am EST. Listen to the Interview June 28, 2022 JITTI USA Senior Representative, Tetsuhiro Nakagawa, Interviewed by Sakura Radio Sakura Radio, a Japanese internet radio station, interviewed Senior Representative Nakagawa on his role at JITTI USA and how life has been here in the States. The interview was conducted in Japanese, and will air at www.SakuraRadio.com on 7/25 at 8:15 am EST. Listen to the Interview April 9th, 2020 In Memoriam of US-Japan Council President Irene Hirano Inouye The U.S.-Japan Council President, Ms. Irene Hirano Inouye, passed away on April 7th, 2020. President Hirano Inouye continually supported and greatly contributed to our activities in the United States. With great sadness, JITTI USA and JTTRI sent the following letter to the U.S.-Japan Council expressing our deepest condolences. Read More March 24th, 2020 POSTPONED: 2020 International Rail Safety Symposium The 2020 International Rail Safety Symposium, subtitled "Promoting Safe Transportation: A Focus on Enhanced Rail Safety," has been postponed until further notice. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause, and thank you for your understanding. We will inform you when this event has been rescheduled. Read More