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A police officer directing traffic after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. The Japanese government established a European-style civil police system in 1874, spearheaded by the efforts of statesman Kawaji Toshiyoshi, under the centralized control of the Police Bureau within the Home Ministry to put down internal disturbances and maintain order during the Meiji Restoration.
Unlike national police in other countries, the NPA does not have any operational units of its own aside from the Imperial Guard; rather, it is responsible for supervising Japan's 47 prefectural police departments and determining their general standards and policies, though it can command police agencies under it in national emergencies or large ...
Osaka City Municipal Police cars, c. 1948 –1955. This photograph predates the prefectural police system. In the Empire of Japan, territorial police forces were organised as departments of police of each prefectural offices (府県警察部, fuken-keisatsu-bu).
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters in 1931. The TMPD was established by Japanese statesman Kawaji Toshiyoshi in 1874. Kawaji, who had helped establish the earlier rasotsu in 1871 following the disestablishment of the Edo period police system, was part of the Iwakura Mission to Europe, where he gathered information on Western policing; he was mostly inspired by the police of France ...
In April 1957, the TMPD's Security Department 1, Security Department 2, and Metropolitan Police Department Reserve were renamed as the Security Department, the Public Security Department and the Riot Police. [4] After the September 11 attacks in the US, the PSB revamped its structure to include three intelligence sections in 2002. [5]
Japanese police officers (27 P) Police stations in Japan (3 P) Police units of Japan (2 C, 2 P) Prisoners and detainees of Japan (8 C, 54 P) S. Shinsengumi (20 P)
This is a list of all national law enforcement agencies of Japan. See national law enforcement agency for the definition
Imperial Guard of Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department; 46 prefecture police departments; Japan Coast Guard (known as the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency from 1949 to 2000) Ministry of Finance. Japan Customs; Ministry of Justice. Correctional Bureau; Immigration Services Agency