National Police Agency Security Bureau


The National Police Agency Security Bureau is a bureau of the National Police Agency in charge of national-level internal security affairs.
It supervises the Security Bureau and the Public Security Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and Security departments of other Prefectural police headquarters for those issues.
The current chief of the Security Bureau is.

Organization

Organization of the Security Bureau is as follows:

Security Department

The Security Department is charged with internal counter-terrorism, countering cybercrime and surveillance of potentially threatening groups, organisations, and social phenomena. It's also tasked with providing close protection requirements to VIPs.

Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department

The Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department is charged with counter-intelligence, and international counter-terrorism. It has a unit known as YAMA, which has access to classified information based on intercepts from various communications facilities.
  • Foreign Affairs Division
  • * Foreign Affairs Technical Investigation Office
  • * Foreign Affairs Research Office
  • * Foreign Affairs Special Case Countermeasure Office
  • * Unauthorized Export Countermeasure Office
  • Counter International Terrorism Division
  • * Counter International Terrorism Countermeasure Office

Security Operations Department

The Security Operations Department replaced the former Security Division in 2019. It's mandated with security and protecting VIPs and response to large-scale disaster or terrorism.

Training

Prospective SB officers are trained at the National Police Academy in intelligence gathering techniques.