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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
![[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