nihon no keisatu - 日本の警察 -
National Police Agency
The head of the police organization, one of the Japanese bureaucracy
Metropolitan Police Department
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is specially called the "Metropolitan Police Department."
The Metropolitan Police Department, which oversees the police organizations in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, has particularly great authority.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department First Investigative Division
An organization that specializes in investigating murder cases.
When a murder occurs in Tokyo, it is treated as a case under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and detectives from the First Investigative Division are dispatched from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to the local police and conduct a joint investigation with the local police.
When an incident spreads to other prefectures, a nationwide investigation may be conducted.
Public Security
An organization that specializes in investigating anti-government organizations such as terrorists.
It is organized at police stations in each region, with the National Police Agency Security Bureau at the top.
Marubo (Organized Crime Countermeasures Division)
An investigative organization that specializes in investigating organized crime, and has jurisdiction over cases involving organized crime, such as illegal drug and gun trafficking.
Public Prosecutor's Office
An organization that decides whether to indict suspects arrested by the police in court.
If charges are filed against a suspect, the organization will litigate against the suspect's lawyer in court.
Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Division
An organization within the prosecutor's office that is particularly involved in investigating bribery by politicians.
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