National Police Agency Security Bureau (Japan)


The Security Bureau of the National Police Agency is a bureau of the Japan's 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 the Prefectural Police Departments for those issues.
The NPA SB is currently being commanded by Yoshihiko Oishi.
It's known that the NPA has bureaucratic disputes with the JSDF since the former was rebuilt by the Allied Forces in order to monitor any signs of pro-Communist activities.

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.
The Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department is charged with counter-intelligence, and international counter-terrorism:
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.
Prospective SB officers are trained at the National Police Academy in intelligence gathering techniques.