Japan Coast Guard

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The Japan Coast Guard is Japan’s maritime safety and security agency responsible for law enforcement, search and rescue, and navigation safety in the country’s territorial waters and surrounding seas.

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Surface form Occurrences
JCG (Japan Coast Guard) 1
海上保安庁 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coast guard
maritime law enforcement agency
search and rescue organization
abbreviation JCG
Japan Coast Guard self-linksurface differs
surface form: JCG (Japan Coast Guard)
cooperatesWith Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
United States Coast Guard
regional coast guards in Asia-Pacific
country Japan
employerOf coast guard officers
hasDuty counter-piracy operations
counter-smuggling operations
enforcement of customs laws at sea
enforcement of fisheries laws
enforcement of immigration laws at sea
hydrographic surveying
ice information services
maritime law enforcement
maritime safety
maritime security patrols
maritime traffic management
navigation safety
pollution control
protection of offshore resources
protection of sea lanes
search and rescue
hasPart aircraft fleet
hydrographic and oceanographic department
patrol vessel fleet
regional coast guard headquarters
special security teams
training institutes
headquartersLocation Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Tokyo NERFINISHED
inception 1948
jurisdiction contiguous zone of Japan
exclusive economic zone of Japan
territorial waters of Japan
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
legalForm government agency
nativeName Japan Coast Guard self-linksurface differs
surface form: 海上保安庁
operatesIn East China Sea
East China Sea
surface form: East China Sea around the Senkaku Islands

Pacific Ocean
Sea of Japan
parentOrganization Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
precededBy Maritime Safety Agency
sector disaster response
law enforcement
maritime safety
maritime security
uses fixed-wing aircraft
helicopters
patrol vessels
radar systems
satellite-based monitoring
surveillance systems
website https://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/

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Japan Coast Guard abbreviation Japan Coast Guard self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: JCG (Japan Coast Guard)
Japan Meteorological Agency coordinatesWith Japan Coast Guard
Maritime Operations Center coordinatesWith Japan Coast Guard
Japan Coast Guard nativeName Japan Coast Guard self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 海上保安庁
Cabinet Office of Japan supervises Japan Coast Guard
AW139 helicopter usedBy Japan Coast Guard
subject surface form: AW139
Naha Airport usedBy Japan Coast Guard