Commissioner General of the National Police Agency

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The Commissioner General of the National Police Agency is Japan’s highest-ranking police official, responsible for overseeing national law enforcement policy and coordination across all prefectural police forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf police rank
public office
appliesToJurisdiction Japan
appointedBy Cabinet of Japan
cooperatesWith Interpol
foreign law enforcement agencies
country Japan
createdBy postwar police reforms in Japan
establishedIn 1954
fieldOfWork crime prevention policy
law enforcement administration
public safety administration
hasAuthorityOver countermeasures against organized crime at the national level
countermeasures against terrorism at the national level
criminal investigation policy at the national level
public safety policy at the national level
traffic safety policy at the national level
hasJurisdiction nationwide policing coordination in Japan
hasRank Senior police rank above other NPA officers
hasTermLength no fixed term in law (serves at the pleasure of the Cabinet)
headOf National Police Agency of Japan
surface form: National Police Agency (Japan)
isTitleOf head of Japan’s national police administration
legalBasis Police Law of Japan
surface form: Police Act of Japan
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Tokyo
memberOf National Public Safety Commission meetings (as an attendee)
nativeLabel Commissioner General of the National Police Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: 警察庁長官
nominatedBy Prime Minister of Japan
officeHolderMustBe career national government official
senior police professional
oversees National Police Academy (Japan)
National Police Agency bureaus
National Police Agency regional police bureaus
National Research Institute of Police Science
partOf National Police Agency of Japan
surface form: National Police Agency (Japan)
positionInOrganization highest-ranking police official in Japan
predecessor Director-General of the National Rural Police (pre-reform structure)
rankComparedToMilitary treated as equivalent to a high-ranking government official rather than a military rank
reportsTo National Public Safety Commission of Japan
surface form: National Public Safety Commission

Prime Minister of Japan
responsibleFor coordination across all prefectural police forces in Japan
directing emergency nationwide police mobilization
formulating basic police operational guidelines
international police cooperation policy of Japan
overseeing national law enforcement policy in Japan
seat Commissioner General’s Secretariat of the National Police Agency of Japan
surface form: National Police Agency headquarters
subordinateTo National Public Safety Commission of Japan
surface form: National Public Safety Commission
supervises prefectural police forces in Japan
usedInLanguage Japanese

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National Police Agency of Japan headedBy Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
NPA headedBy Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
National Public Safety Commission of Japan supervises Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
this entity surface form: National Police Agency Commissioner General
Criminal Affairs Bureau of the National Police Agency of Japan subjectTo Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
this entity surface form: Commissioner General of the National Police Agency of Japan
Commissioner General of the National Police Agency nativeLabel Commissioner General of the National Police Agency self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 警察庁長官
Security Bureau of the National Police Agency of Japan subordinateTo Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
this entity surface form: Commissioner General of the National Police Agency of Japan
Commissioner General’s Secretariat of the National Police Agency of Japan supportsOfficeHolder Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
this entity surface form: Commissioner General of the National Police Agency of Japan
Commissioner General’s Secretariat of the National Police Agency of Japan reportsTo Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
this entity surface form: Commissioner General of the National Police Agency of Japan