Public Security Intelligence Agency

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The seat of the Ministry of Justice and the Public Security Intelligence Agency is now the Central Government Building No. 6 in Kasumigaseki , Chiyoda .

The Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA, dt. "Intelligence service for public security", English for kōan chōsa-chō , Japanese 公安 調査 庁 , short: Kōan-chō ( 公安 庁 ) or Kōchō ( 公 調 )) is a Japanese Intelligence service that is active at home and abroad. One focus of his work is counter-espionage . The service is subordinate to the Ministry of Justice . It has existed since 1952 when it was created under the Law Against Subversive Activities . The Japanese Communist Party was particularly monitored during the Cold War . Foreigners (primarily Koreans) and sects like Ōmu Shinrikyō (today: Aleph) were also objects of observation.

The current leader is Toshio Yanagi.

activities

According to its own information, the PSIA concentrated its international work in 2007 and 2008 on North Korea and its nuclear program as well as counter-terrorism, especially in the run-up to the G8 summit in Tōyako , and the gathering of information about Russia and the People's Republic of China. Domestically, she focuses her activities on the investigation of the activities of the Aleph splinter group Hikarinowa ( ひ か り の 輪 ), the continued observation of Aleph itself and its institutions, radical sections of the Communist Party of Japan and right-wing groups .

structure

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Public Security Investigation Agency [Koancho]. Accessed May 19, 2018 .
  2. ^ Ministry of Justice: Public Security Intelligence Agency's Activities in 2007 and Planned Activities for Future Implementation
  3. ↑ 業務 ・ 団 体 規 制. Archived from the original on July 12, 2008 ; Retrieved May 19, 2018 (Japanese).

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Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′ 34.3 "  N , 139 ° 45 ′ 17.3"  E