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image contributed by Eric, 14 November 2007
The flag is a two sided print with leather on all four corners.
Eric, 14 November 2007
This looks like a warning flag made by a private company named Fujiki Corporation.
The letter in the center reads DANGER.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 14 November 2007
One of the things that caught the interest of myself and others attending the ICV 23 in Japan were the various white-green safety flags visible at construction sites. I either saw or (on official websites) read about four kinds of these flags.
Zachary Harden, 26 Jul 2009
![[Safety Flag (Japan)]](../images/j/jp_sfty1.gif)
image by Zachary Harden, 26 Jul 2009
The main flag that we saw was the basic "safety" flag, or Anzenki. This flag has a white field and a dark green cross in the middle. The cross is similar to what we see on the flags of the Red Cross or Switzerland. The cross has the height of 3/5's of the flag's height and the width of each arm is 1/5 of the height. The ratio is 2:3, like the national flag. (With gratitude for the kind assistance of Nozomi Kariyasu, who sent me the technical details of the Anzenki.)
Zachary Harden, 26 and 28 Jul 2009
![[Health Flag (Japan)]](../images/j/jp_sfty2.gif)
image by Zachary Harden, 26 Jul 2009
The Japan Institute of Labor mentions two other flags; the first is the "health" flag, which has the same design of the Anzenki, but with the colors reversed.
Zachary Harden, 26 Jul 2009
![[Health And Safety Flag (Japan)]](../images/j/jp_sfty3.gif)
image by Zachary Harden, 26 Jul 2009
The second flag mentioned [by the Japan Institute of Labor] was the "health and safety" flag: a green flag with a white cross, then inside it a green cross.
Zachary Harden, 26 Jul 2009
The "Safety and Sanitation" flag was adopted in 1965 by the Japan Central Industrial Accident Prevention Association.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 Mar 2012
![[Health And Safety Flag (Japan)]](../images/j/jp_sfty5.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 Mar 2012
In a recent news report from a Elpida Memory factory, a green flag with a white cross containing a smaller green cross. I assume is is another safety flag.
Eugene Ipavec, 10 Mar 2012
image by
Eugene Ipavec, 10 March 2012
There was also a green flag with a white cross containing a smaller green
cross on another staff, I assume another safety flag.
Eugene Ipavec, 10 March 2012
This is Safety and Sanitation flag adopted in 1965 by Japan Central
Industrial Accident Prevention Association.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 March 2012
![[Health And Safety Flag, Railway Variant (Japan)]](../images/j/jp_sfty4.gif)
image by Zachary Harden, 26 Jul 2009
The third flag I saw myself, near Hakone, but it is not mentioned by the Japan Institute of Labor. It is exactly the same as the "health and safety" flag, but instead of a white cross, there is a white rectangle with two circles at the bottom. This is supposed to symbolize a train, since the flag was at a construction site for a rail line (not sure if it was a local line or a JR line). The website with the flag information is here.
Zachary Harden, 26 Jul 2009
![[Zero Accident Flag]](../images/j/jp_zeroacc.gif)
image by
Jaume Ollé, 02 April 2014
Zero Accident Flag (ゼロ災旗) was introduced by Japan Industrial Safety & Health
Association. The flag is blue field charged with two people holding figure zero
in white.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 02 April 2014
image contributed by Mike Hashem, 13 October 2007
This is the flag of the youth association of Kina branch of Tomitansan village
(current Yomitan village 読谷村) ; Okinawa Prefecture 沖縄県 ;
In kanji 読谷山村 喜名 青年分団
Nozomi Kariyasu, 18 October 2007