SAMURAI POLICE 1109: NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY (JAPAN) A.K.A SAMURAI POLICE

The National Police Agency of Japan was formed on July 1, 1954. I will post information about them from Wikipedia and some other links.

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National Police Agency 警察庁 Keisatsu-chō

Abbreviation	NPA
Agency overview
Formed	July 1, 1954
Employees	7,721(2013)
Annual budget	¥258,344M(FY 2005/6)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Japan
Operations jurisdiction	Japan
Headquarters	2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-8974, Japan

Civilians	4,900
Agency executive	Shun'ichi Kuryuu, Commissioner General
Parent agency	National Public Safety Commission
Child agencies	National Police Academy National Research Institute of Police Science Imperial Guard Headquarters
Bureaus	5[hide] · Community Safety · Criminal Investigation · Traffic Bureau · Security Bureau · Info-Communications
Regional Bureaus	7[hide] · Chubu—covering prefectures: o Toyama o Ishikawa o Fukui o Gifu o Aichi o Mie · Chugoku—covering prefectures: o Tottori o Shimane o Okayama o Hiroshima o Yamaguchi · Kanto—covering prefectures: o Ibaraki o Tochigi o Gunma o Saitama o Chiba o Kanagawa o Niigata o Yamanashi o Nagano o Shizuoka · Kinki—covering prefectures: o Shiga o Kyoto o Osaka o Hyogo o Nara o Wakayama · Kyushu—covering prefectures: o Fukuoka o Saga o Nagasaki o Kumamoto o Oita o Miyazaki o Kagoshima o Okinawa · Shikoku—covering prefectures: o Tokushima o Kagawa o Ehime o Kochi · Tohoku—covering prefectures: o Aomori o Iwate o Miyagi o Akita o Yamagata o Fukushima
Website
www.npa.go.jp/english/index.html (English) www.npa.go.jp (Japanese)

The National Police Agency (警察庁 Keisatsu-chō) is an agency administered by the National Public Safety Commission of the Cabinet Office of the Cabinet of Japan, and is the central agency of the Japanese police system, and the central coordinating agency of law enforcement in situations of national emergency in Japan.

Unlike comparable bodies such as the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the NPA does not have any operational units of its own except for the Imperial Guard. Instead, its role is to determine general standards and policies, although in national emergencies or large-scale disasters the agency is authorized to take command of Prefectural Police Departments.

As of 2017, the NPA has a strength of approximately 7,800 officers: 2,100 police officers, 900 Imperial guards and 4,800 police staff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Police_Agency_(Japan)

A superintendent reviewing firearms of his officers at West Kanazawa Police Station, Ishikawa Prefectural Police.

Background

Police services of the Empire of Japan were placed under complete centralized control with the Police Affairs Bureau (警保局 Keiho-kyoku) of the Home Ministry at their core. But after the surrender of Japan, the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers regarded this centralized police system as undemocratic.

During the Occupation, the principle of decentralization was introduced by the 1947 Police Law. Cities and large towns had their own municipal police services (自治体警察 Jichitai Keisatsu), and the National Rural Police (国家地方警察 Kokka Chihō Keisatsu) was responsible for smaller towns, villages and rural areas. But most Japanese municipalities were too small to have a large police force, so sometimes they were unable to deal with large-scale violence. In addition, excessive fragmentation of the police organization reduced the efficiency of police activities.

As a response to these problems, complete restructuring created a more centralized system under the 1954 amended Police Law. All operational units except for the Imperial Guard were reorganized into Prefectural Police Departments for each prefecture, and the National Police Agency was established as the central coordinating agency for these Police Departments.

Special K9 in Japan

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Organization

2.1 Leadership

The Commissioner General of the National Police Agency (警察庁長官 Keisatsu-chō Chōkan) is the highest ranking police officer of Japan, regarded as an exception to the regular class structure. For the Deputy Commissioner General (次長 Jichō), the Senior Commissioner is supplemented. The Commissioner General's Secretariat (長官官房 Chōkan Kanbō) are their staff. The civilian political leadership is provided by the National Public Safety Commission.

The Special Assault Teams (特殊急襲部隊 Tokushu Kyūshū Butai) are police tactical units of the Japanese Police. They are established in major Prefectural Police Departments supervised by the National Police Agency.

The SAT is national-level counter-terrorism asset cooperating with territorial-level Anti-Firearms Squads and Counter-NBC Terrorism Squads. Most information on the unit has been confidential, its existence officially revealed only in 1996. SAT is officially known in Japanese as simply Special Unit (特殊部隊 Tokushu Butai) and individual teams officially take the name of the Metropolitan or Prefectural police departments to which they are assigned; an example would be Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Special Unit (警視庁特殊部隊 Keishicho Tokushu Butai, Metropolitan Police Department Special Unit) for the SAT unit assigned to the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Assault_Team

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2.2 Internal Bureaus

2.2.1 Community Safety Bureau

The Community Safety Bureau (生活安全局 Seikatsu Anzen-kyoku) is responsible for crime prevention, combating juvenile delinquency, and pollution control.
This bureau was derived from the Safety Division of the Criminal Affairs Bureau in 1994.

Community Safety Planning Division (生活安全企画課)
Community Police Affairs Division (地域課)
Juvenile Division (少年課)
Safety Division (保安課)
Cybercrime Division (情報技術犯罪対策課)
Director for Economic Crimes Investigation (生活経済対策管理官)

2.2.2 Criminal Affairs Bureau

The Criminal Affairs Bureau (刑事局 Keiji-kyoku) is in charge of research statistics and coordination of the criminal investigation of nationally important and international cases. ^[3]

(Direct reporting divisions)

Criminal Affairs Planning Division (刑事企画課)
First Investigation Division (捜査第一課)
Second Investigation Division (捜査第二課)
Director for Criminal Intelligence Support (捜査支援分析管理官)
Director for Criminal Identification (犯罪鑑識官)

Organized Crime Department (組織犯罪対策部)

Organized Crime Policy Planning Division (組織犯罪対策企画課)
Japanese Organized Crime Division (暴力団対策課)
Drugs and Firearms Division (薬物銃器対策課)
Director for International Investigative Operations (国際捜査管理官)

2.2.3 Traffic Bureau

The Traffic Bureau (交通局 Kōtsū-kyoku) is responsible for traffic policing and regulations. This bureau was derived from the Safety Bureau (保安局 Hoan-kyoku) (later merged with the Criminal Affairs Bureau; predecessor of the Community Safety Bureau) in 1962 because of the expression indicating a high number of deaths from traffic accidents.^[2][3]

Traffic Planning Division (交通企画課)
Traffic Enforcement Division (交通指導課)
Traffic Management and Control Division (交通規制課)
License Division (運転免許課)

2.2.4 Security Bureau

Main article: National Police Agency Security Bureau (Japan)

The Security Bureau (警備局 Keibi-kyoku) is in charge of the internal security affairs, such as counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism or disaster response. ^[2][3]

(Direct reporting divisions)

Security Planning Division (警備企画課)
Public Security Division (公安課)
Security Division (警備課)

Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department (外事情報部)

Foreign Affairs Division (外事課)
Counter International Terrorism Division (国際テロリズム対策課)

2.2.5 Info-Communications Bureau

The Info-Communications Bureau (情報通信局 Jōhō Tsūshin-kyoku) supervises police communications systems and combat with cyberterrorism.

Info-Communications Planning Division (情報通信企画課)
Information Systems Division (情報管理課)
Communications Facilities Division (通信施設課)
High-Tech Crime Technology Division (情報技術解析課)

2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office, the building which houses the agency

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2.3 Local Branch Bureaus and Departments

2.3.1 Regional Police Bureaus

There are seven Regional Police Bureaus (管区警察局), each responsible for a number of prefectures as below:

Tohoku Regional Police Bureau (東北管区警察局 Tōhoku Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)

Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, and Fukushima Prefectures

Kanto Regional Police Bureau (関東管区警察局 Kantō Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)

Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano, and Shizuoka Prefectures

Chubu Regional Police Bureau (中部管区警察局 Chūbu Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)

Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie Prefectures

Kinki Regional Police Bureau (近畿管区警察局 Kinki Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)

Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, and Wakayama Prefectures

Chugoku Regional Police Bureau (中国管区警察局 Chūgoku Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)

Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi Prefectures

Shikoku Regional Police Bureau (四国管区警察局 Shikoku Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)

Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, and Kochi Prefectures

Kyushu Regional Police Bureau (九州管区警察局 Kyūshū Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)

Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, and Okinawa Prefectures

They are located in major cities of each geographic region. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Hokkaido Prefectural Police Headquarters are excluded from the jurisdiction of RPBs. Headed by a Senior Commissioner, each RPB exercises necessary control and supervision over and provides support services to prefectural police within its jurisdiction, under the authority and orders of NPA's Commissioner General. Attached to each Regional Police Bureaus is a Regional Police School which provides police personnel with education and training required of staff officers as well as other necessary education and training.

Japanese wanted posters are nothing if not graphic. Hung outside Japanese police boxes (koban) and in railway stations – the posters show a photograph of the wanted person, their crime and the amount of reward the Japanese police are offering for information leading to their arrest.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Assault_Team

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2.3.2 Police Communications Departments

Metropolitan Tokyo and the island of Hokkaidō are excluded from the regional jurisdictions and are run more autonomously than other local forces, in the case of Tokyo, because of its special urban situation, and of Hokkaidō, because of its distinctive geography. The National Police Agency maintains police communications divisions in these two areas to handle any coordination needed between national and local forces. In other area, Police Communications Departments are established within each Regional Police Bureaus.

Independent Communications Departments

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Info-Communications Department (東京都警察情報通信部 Tōkyō-to Keisatsu Jōhō Tsūshin-bu)
Hokkaido Police Info-Communications Department (北海道警察通信情報部 Hokkaidō Keisatsu Tsūshin Jōhō-bu)

Takeshi Kitano (北野武 Kitano Takeshi)

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2.4 Subsidiary Organs

National Police Academy (警察大学校 Keisatsu Dai-gakkō)
National Research Institute of Police Science (科学警察研究所 Kagaku Keisatsu Kenkyū-sho)
Imperial Guard Headquarters (皇宮警察本部 Kōgū-Keisatsu Honbu)

2.4.1 Imperial Guard

Main article: Imperial Guard of the National Police Agency (Japan)

In 1947, the Imperial Guard Headquarters (皇宮警察本部 Kōgū-Keisatsu Honbu) was created under the control of the Home Ministry from the Imperial Household Ministry. It came under the aegis of the National Police Agency of Japan in 1954. It provides personal security for the Emperor, Crown Prince and other members of the Imperial Family of Japan, as well as protection of imperial properties, including the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Katsura Imperial Villa, Shugakuin Imperial Villa (both in Kyoto), Shosoin Imperial Repository in Nara and the imperial villas of Hayama, Kanagawa and Nasu, Tochigi.

Logo of The National Police Agency (警察庁 Keisatsu-chō)

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See also

References

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Official website (in English)

警視庁PRビデオ（英語）Original ver.

警視庁公式チャンネル

Published on Mar 24, 2016

警視庁広報活動用映像 TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT Video for Public Relations 「TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 24」 Original ver.

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Execution in a Japanese prison 日本の刑務所での処刑 hanging

Mar 19, 2020

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10 factors that make Japan a safe country

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https://stateofguns.com/the-modern-samurai-2290/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Assault_Team

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1. In loving memory of Rie Isogai, We decided to post this article by Charles Lane and also some information from Wikipedia about Capital Punishment in Japan.

Why Japan Still Has the Death Penalty By Charles Lane

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2a. 10 factors that make Japan a safe country By Amy Chavez, RocketNews24

https://www.facebook.com/VictimsFamiliesForTheDeathPenalty/posts/1700506893404603

https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/10-factors-that-make-japan-a-safe-country

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2b. Crime in Japan Falls to Lowest Level in More Than 70 Years By Toru Fujioka

https://www.facebook.com/VictimsFamiliesForTheDeathPenalty/posts/1701329816655644

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-21/crime-hits-postwar-low-in-japan-as-joblessness-declines

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