Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau 警視庁公安部 Keishichō-kōanbu |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Japan |
| Headquarters | Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Ministers Responsible | Kunio Hatoyama, Japanese Minister of Justice Katsuyaki Kawai, Vice-Minister of Justice |
| Parent agency | Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department |
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau (警視庁公安部 Keishichō-kōanbu?) is a bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in charge of public security with jurisdiction over Tokyo metropolis. It has a force of more than 2,000 officers.
In the Japanese police organization, only the Metropolitan Police Department becomes "the bureau" where security police becomes independent, and in the other prefectures Police, Public Security Section and Foreign Affairs Division are installed in a Security Department. Tokyo is seen as an exception since it had been working with the Japanese National Police Agency for the longest time since they share the same location.[1]
The PSB is said to be compared similarly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[2]
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[edit] Purpose
- "Detect and prevent serious overseas-based crime which could affect this country."
- "Protect against threats from terrorism and espionage."
[edit] Organization
| Department | Mandate |
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| General Administration | Anti-cult investigation |
| First Public Security Division | Anti-left wing terrorist investigation |
| Second Public Security Division | Anti-left wing radical investigation |
| Third Public Security Division | Anti-right wing radical investigation |
| Fourth Public Security Division | Documents management |
| First Foreign Affairs Division | Anti-Russian espionage and Counter-intelligence |
| Second Foreign Affairs Division | Anti-Chinese/North Korean espionage |
| Third Foreign Affairs Division | Counter-terrorism |
| Investigation Division | Unknown |
[edit] PSB cases
- The PSB had been mobilized to investigate all Aum Shinrikyo facilities after the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.[3] Following the discovery of an Aum cultist who had been employed by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces after sensitive military information had been leaked out, the PSB had investigated the matter.[4] The PSB had been the leading agency to investigate reports that Aum Shinrikyo had acquired names of 3,000 Honda executives and sensitive data from government ministries and other important facilities via Aum-created software.[5][6]
- An ex-Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces warrant officer had been investigated by the PSB for divulging military secrets under the Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement to a Russian GRU operative, who was identified as Aleksei Shchelkonogov.[7]
- Three activists of the Tachikawa Jieitai Kanshi Tentomura had been said to be prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International when they had arrested by police with the PSB investigating them for conducting anti-war activities after illegally entering an SDF housing complex in Tachikawa.[8]
- PSB agents had been involved in the arrest of former Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office official Toshihiko Shimizu, accused of providing classified data to a Russian embassy official, supposedly posing as a diplomat,[9][10] under the National Public Service Law.[10]
[edit] Scandal
- After a discovery of sophisticated radios by police during a raid on a JRCL Revolutionary Marxist Faction safehouse on April 10, 1998, PSB officials had reorganized their communications network to better safeguard it against unwanted intrusions.[11][2]
[edit] Known heads of PSB
[edit] References
- ^ Japanese Police. Retrieved on March 31, 2008.
- ^ a b JAPANESE POLICE STILL HAVE TROUBLE WITH LEFTIST RADICALS. Retrieved on March 31, 2008.
- ^ Day of Judgement. Retrieved on March 31, 2008.
- ^ Aum Shinri-kyo Updates (CESNUR) - April 10-17, 2000.
- ^ Aum computer firm got list of 3,000 Honda execs. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
- ^ Sumitomo Bank, Hosei University on Aum-related PC firms' client list. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
- ^ Suspected Russian spy sought by MPD. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
- ^ Activists claim political oppression. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
- ^ Papers sent to prosecutor on Japanese intelligence official, Russian 'spy' over information leak. Retrieved on March 31, 2008.
- ^ a b Official probed over leak to Russian agent.
- ^ Raid on leftist lair yields police radio recordings. Retrieved on March 31, 2008.
- ^ Prosecutors drop NPA shooting case. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
- ^ Security Bureau chief to head MPD. Retrieved on March 31, 2008.
[edit] External links
- To Protect Peace and Freedom of the Democracy (Metropolitan Police Department Official Website) (English)
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