JMSA's organization divides the country of Japan into eleven Maritime Safety Regions. Each region has a Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters, and the JMSA Tokyo Headquarters supervises them centrally.
Furthermore, in order to allocate some of the operations of the Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters, as of July 31, 1995, the Agency had, as offices of its regional headquarters: 66 Maritime Safety Offices, 1 Maritime Guard and Rescue Office, 51 Maritime Safety Stations, 5 Traffic Advisory Service Centers, 14 Air Stations, 1 Special Rescue Station, 10 District Communications Centers, 4 Hydrographic Observatories, 1 Loran Navigation System Center, and 94 Aids to Navigation Offices.
In addition, as education and training enactments for its personnel, it runs the Maritime Safety Academy and Maritime Safety School, which also has a Moji Branch and Miyagi Branch.
2. Personnel
As of the end of FY 1995, JMSA had 12,192 employees. The following table gives the breakdown of the personnel.
II. Equipment
1. Vessels, Craft, and Aircraft
(1) State of Vessels and Craft
Because JMSA carries out exceedingly widespread and diverse operations, as of the end of FY 1995, the various vessels and craft it possessed totaled 518 in number (aggregate
