- National Police Agency (Japan)
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National Police Agency
警察庁
Keisatsu-chōAbbreviation NPA Agency overview Formed 1954 Employees 7,500 (2006) Annual budget 258,344M¥ (FY 2005/6) Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Jurisdictional structure National agency Japan General nature - Law enforcement
- Civilian agency
Operational structure Civilians 4,900 Parent agency National Public Safety Commission Child agencies - National Police Academy
- National Research Institute of Police Science
- Imperial Guard Headquarters
Bureaus 5- Community Safety
- Criminal Investigation
- Traffic Bureau
- security Bureau
- Info-Communications
Regional Bureaus 7- Chubu - covering prefectures:
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Chugoku - covering prefectures:
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Kanto - covering prefectures:
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Kinki - covering prefectures:
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Kyushu - covering prefectures:
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Shikoku - covering prefectures:
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Tohoku - covering prefectures:
Website http://www.npa.go.jp/english/index.htm (English)
http://www.npa.go.jp (Japanese)Footnotes See the reference[1] below for the source of the above data. 
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.
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Organization
Commissioner-General of the National Police Agency, the highest ranking police officer (警察庁長官 Keisatsu-chō Chōkan)
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- Deputy Commissioner-General (次長 Jichō)
- Commissioner-General's 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)
- Safety Department
- 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)
- Regional Bureaus
- 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)
- 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)
Bodies supervised by the NPA
- 47 Prefectural Police Departments with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
National Police Agency Imperial Guard
Main article: Imperial_Guard_(Japan)#Imperial_Guard_of_the_National_Police_AgencySee also
- Law enforcement in Japan
- Public order and internal security in Japan
- Japanese law
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan)
- Special Assault Team
References
- ^ "Police of Japan". National Police Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20080222082144/http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
External links
- Official website
- (Japanese) Official website
Japanese government ministries and agencies 
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- 1954 establishments in Japan
- Government agencies established in 1954
- Law enforcement in Japan
- National Central Bureaus of Interpol
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