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The Public Prosecutors Office (検察庁, Kensatsu-chō) [3] is the agency for conducting prosecution in Japan. It is an extraordinary organ (特別の機関, Tokubetsu no Kikan) under the Ministry of Justice (法務省, Hōmu-shō). [4]
Public prosecutor's offices are criminal justice bodies attached to the judiciary. [ citation needed ] They are separate from the courts in Germany , Austria and the German-speaking parts of Switzerland , and are called the Staatsanwaltschaft ( German: [ˈʃtaːt͡sʔanˌvaltʃaft] ⓘ ).
TMPD officers outside a kōban near Yoyogi Station. According to statistics of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, among the 192 member states of the UN, and among the countries reporting statistics of criminal and criminal justice, the incidence rate of violent crimes such as murder, abduction, rape, and robbery is very low in Japan.
Tokyo Detention House. Within the criminal justice system of Japan, there exist three basic features that characterize its operations.First, the institutions—police, government prosecutors' offices, courts, and correctional organs—maintain close and cooperative relations with each other, consulting frequently on how best to accomplish the shared goals of limiting and controlling crime.
It acquired its present name under the post-war Constitution of Japan in 1952. Its responsibilities include administration of Japan's judicial system and the penal system. It represents the Japanese government in litigation, and is also responsible for maintaining the official registers of households, resident aliens, real estate and corporations.
A special organization (特別の機関, Tokubetsu no kikan) is a Japanese government organization established under the Cabinet Office, ministries or their external organs (commission and agencies) when particularly necessary. [1] [2] It is distinguished from a facility.
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In the Empire of Japan, the criminal investigation was presided over by prosecutors, like the ministère public does in French law. With the 1947 Police Law ( 警察法 [ ja ] ) and the 1948 Code of Criminal Procedure ( 刑事訴訟法 [ ja ] ), the responsibility of investigation has been defined to be uniquely assigned to police officers.