National Police Agency (Japan)

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NPA building

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

Unlike comparable bodies like the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the NPA does not have any police officers of its own. 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 forces. Policy for the NPA in turn is set by the National Public Safety Commission.

1 Organization
2 Bodies supervised by the NPA
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] Organization

Commissioner-General of the National Police Agency, the highest ranking police officer (警察庁長官 Keisatsu-chō Chōkan)
- Deputy Commissioner-General (次長 Jichō)
- Commissioner-General Secretariat (長官官房 Chōkan Kanbō)
- Community Safety Bureau (生活安全局 Seikatsu Anzen-kyoku)
- Criminal Investigation Bureau (刑事局 Keiji-kyoku)
  - Organized Crime Department (組織犯罪対策部 Soshiki Hanzai Taisaku-bu)
- Traffic Bureau (交通局 Kōtsū-kyoku)
- Security Bureau (警備局 Keibi-kyoku)
  - Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department (外事情報部 Gaiji Jōhō-bu)
- Info-Communications Bureau (情報通信局 Jōhō Tsūshin-kyoku)
- 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)
- Tohoku Regional Police Bureau (東北管区警察局 Tōhoku Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
- Kanto Regional Police Bureau (関東管区警察局 Kantō Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
- Chubu Regional Police Bureau (中部管区警察局 Chūbu Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
- Kinki Regional Police Bureau (近畿管区警察局 Kinki Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
- Chugoku Regional Police Bureau (中国管区警察局 Chūgoku Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
- Shikoku Regional Police Bureau (四国管区警察局 Shikoku Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
- Kyushu Regional Police Bureau (九州管区警察局 Kyūshu Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
- Tokyo 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)