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Japan Intelligence and Security Agencies

• Security Council
  • Cabinet Research Office [Naicho]

  • Defense Agency / Japan Self-Defense Force (B�eich�)
    • Defence Intelligence Office DIO [Jouhou Honbu]
    • Defense Intelligence Headquarters DIH
    • Chobetsu
    • Ground Self-Defense Force [Nihon Rikujyo Jieitai]
      • Intelligence Office
    • Maritime Self-Defense Force [Nihon Kaijyo Jieitai]
      • Fleet Intelligence Command
    • Air Self-Defense Force [Nihon Koku Jieitai]
      • Intelligence Division
      • Tactical Reconnaissance Group

  • National Police Safety Commission (NPSC)
    • National Police Agency [NPA - Keisatsuch�]
      • Security Bureau

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs [MOFA - Gaimusho]
  • Intelligence and Analysis Bureau

• Ministry of Justice (Homusho)
  • Public Security Investigation Agency [Koancho]

• (former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry [MITI - Ts�sansh�] (now METI)
  • Japanese External Trade Organization [JETRO]

Sources and Resources

• Security of Information, Agreement Between the United States of America and Japan, 2011
• Security of Information, Agreement Between the United States of America and Japan, 2007
• Current State of Intelligence and Intelligence Issues in Japan, The National Institute for Defense Studies News, May 2006 (No. 100)