Shigeru Kitamura


Shigeru Kitamura is the current head of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, a Japanese intelligence agency.

History

Shigeru joined the National Police Agency in 1980, serving as the head in Tokushima Prefecture, chief of its Security Division, and Director of the Foreign Affairs Division. He was in charge of the police response to cases of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens. In October 2018, he met with his North Korean counterparts from the United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea in Mongolia to discuss the abduction issue.