Naikaku Jōhō Chōsashitsu

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The Naicho headquarters is on the top floor of the Cabinet Secretariat

Naikaku Jōhō Chōsa Shitsu ( Japanese 内閣 情報 調査 室 , German about: " Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office ", English Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office ), short: Naichō ( 内 調 , English CIRO) is an intelligence service of Japan . He has been criticized for devoting most of his energy to translating foreign publications and spying on Japanese citizens at home.

Espionage scandal

On January 17, 2008 , a Naichō official was charged with espionage for Russia .

organization

A forerunner was established in 1952 in the Prime Minister 's Office. 1957 then followed the establishment of the Naikaku Chōsashitsu ( 内閣 調査 室 , "Cabinet Investigation Office") as a subordinate authority of the Cabinet Secretariat . In 1986 it got its current name.

The Naichō has around 170 employees. However, a large part is borrowed from other ministries and authorities. The majority of the staff are from the National Police Department . The leader has been Shin'ichi Uematsu ( 植 松 信 一 ) since April 2010 (as of February 2011).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cabinet Research Office. In: GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved June 23, 2008 .
  2. ↑ Japan's Cabinet urges tighter controls amid Russian spy scandal. In: GlobalSecurity.org. January 18, 2008, accessed June 23, 2008 .
  3. ↑ Entry 内閣 情報 調査 室 in 百科 事 典 マ イ ペ デ ィ ア , Hitachi Solutions, May 2010, online at kotobank.jp
  4. ↑ Ken Kotani: Current State of Intelligence and Intelligence Issues in Japan . In: The National Institute for Defense Studies News . No. 100 , May 2006, pp. 2 ( PDF ). PDF ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nids.go.jp
  5. ↑ Andrew L. Oros: Japan's Growing Intelligence Capability . In: International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence . No. 15 , 2002, p. 5 ( PDF ). PDF ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / andreworos.washcoll.edu
  6. ↑ 幹部 紹 介 . Cabinet Secretariat, accessed February 27, 2011 (Japanese).