HISTORY

Law enforcement in Japan is provided by the Prefectural Police under the

oversight of the National Police Agency or NPA. The NPA is administered by
the National Public Safety Commission, thus ensuring that Japan's police are an
apolitical body and free of direct central government executive control. They are
checked by an independent judiciary and monitored by a free and active press.

The Japanese government established a European-style civil police system in

1874, under the centralized control of the Police Bureau within the Home
Ministry, to put down internal disturbances and maintain order during the Meiji
Restoration. By the 1880s, the police had developed into a nationwide instrument
of government control, providing support for local leaders and enforcing public
morality. They acted as general civil administrators, implementing official policies
and thereby facilitating unification and modernization. In rural areas especially,
the police had great authority and were accorded the same mixture of fear and
respect as the village head.

The centralized police system steadily acquired responsibilities, until it controlled

almost all aspects of daily life, including fire prevention and mediation of labor
disputes. The system regulated public health, business, factories, and
construction, and it issued permits and licenses. The Peace Preservation Law of
1925 gave police the authority to arrest people for "wrong thoughts". Special
Higher Police (Tokko) were created to regulate the content of motion pictures,
political meetings, and election campaigns. The Imperial Japanese
Army's military police (Kempeitai) and the Imperial Japanese Navy's Tokkeitai,
operating under their respective services and the justice and home
ministries aided the civilian police in limiting proscribed political activity. After
the Manchurian Incident of 1931, military police assumed greater authority,
leading to friction with their civilian counterparts. After 1937 police directed
business activities for the war effort, mobilized labor, and controlled
transportation.

After Japan's surrender in 1945, occupation authorities in World War II retained

the prewar police structure until a new system was implemented and
the Diet passed the 1947 Police Law. Contrary to Japanese proposals for a
strong, centralized force to deal with postwar unrest, the police system was
decentralized. About 1,600 independent municipal forces were established in
cities, towns, and villages with 5,000 inhabitants or more, and a National Rural
Police was organized by prefecture. Civilian control was to be ensured by placing
the police under the jurisdiction of public safety commissions controlled by
the National Public Safety Commission in the Office of the Prime Minister. The
Home Ministry was abolished and replaced by the less powerful Ministry of Home
Affairs, and the police were stripped of their responsibility for fire protection,
public health, and other administrative duties.

When most of the occupation forces were transferred to Korea in 1950–51 with
the Korean War, the 75,000 strong National Police Reserve (predecessor of
the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) was formed outside the Regular police
organizations to back up the ordinary police during civil disturbances. And
pressure mounted for a centralized system more compatible with Japanese
political preferences. The 1947 Police Law was amended in 1951 to allow the
municipal police of smaller communities to merge with the National Rural Police.
Most chose this arrangement, and by 1954 only about 400 cities, towns, and
villages still had their own police forces. Under the 1954 amended Police Law, a
final restructuring created an even more centralized system in which local forces
were organized by prefectures under a National Police Agenc

The revised Police Law of 1954, still in effect in the 1990s, preserves some
strong points of the postwar system, particularly measures ensuring civilian
control and political neutrality, while allowing for increased centralization. The
National Public Safety Commission system has been retained. State
responsibility for maintaining public order has been clarified to include
coordination of national and local efforts; centralization of police information,
communications, and record keeping facilities; and national standards for
training, uniforms, pay, rank, and promotion. Rural and municipal forces were
abolished and integrated into prefectural forces, which handled basic police
matters. Officials and inspectors in various ministries and agencies continue to
exercise special police functions assigned to them in the 1947 Police Law.

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION

The mission of the National Public Safety Commission is to guarantee the

neutrality of the police by insulating the force from political pressure and to
ensure the maintenance of democratic methods in police administration. The
commission's primary function is to supervise the National Police Agency, and it
has the authority to appoint or dismiss senior police officers. The commission
consists of a chairman, who holds the rank of minister of state, and five members
appointed by the prime minister with the consent of both houses of the Diet. The
commission operates independently of the cabinet, but liaison and coordination
with it are facilitated by the chairman's being a member of that body.
NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY JAPAN

As the central coordinating body for the entire police system, the National Police
Agency determines general standards and policies; detailed direction of
operations is left to the lower echelons. In a national emergency or large-scale
disaster, the agency is authorized to take command of prefectural police forces.
In 1989 the agency was composed of about 1,100 national civil servants,
empowered to collect information and to formulate and execute national policies.
The agency is headed by a commissioner general who is appointed by the
National Public Safety Commission with the approval of the prime minister

The Central Office includes the Secretariat, with divisions for general operations,
planning, information, finance, management, and procurement and distribution of
police equipment, and five bureaus.

Internal Bureaus

 Community Safety Bureau

(Seikatsu Anzen-kyoku)

 Criminal Affairs Bureau (Keiji-kyoku)

 Traffic Bureau (Kōtsū-kyoku)

 Security Bureau (Keibi-kyoku)

 Info-Communications Bureau

(Jōhō Tsūshin-kyoku)

Local Branch Bureaus and Department

 Hokkaido Police Info-Communications Department

 Tohoku Regional Police Bureau

 Kanto Regional Police Bureau

 Tokyo Metropolitan Police Info-Communications Department

 Chubu Regional Police Bureau

 Kinki Regional Police Bureau

  Chugoku Regional Police Bureau

 Shikoku Regional Police Bureau

Kyushu Regional Police Bureau

Subsidiary organs

 National Police Academy

 National Research Institute of Police Science

 Imperial Guard Headquarters

Local level

There are some 289,000 police officers nationwide, about 97 percent of whom
were affiliated with local police forces. Local forces include:

 forty-three Prefectural (ken) Police Departments;

 Tokyo Metropolitan (to) Police Departments, in Tokyo;

 two urban Prefectural (fu) Police Departments, in Osaka and Kyoto; and

 one district (dō) Police Departments, in Hokkaidō.

These police departments are responsible for every police actions within
their jurisdiction in principle, but most important activities are regulated by
the National Police Agency. Police officers whose rank are higher
than Assistant Commissioner are salaried by the National budget even if
they belong to local police departments. Designation and dismissal of
these high-rank officers are delegated to National Public Safety
Commission

The NPA also provides funds for equipment like Police radio systems, riot
control action, escort operation, and natural disaster duties, and
for internal security and multiple jurisdiction cases. National police statutes
and regulations establish the strength and rank allocations of all local
personnel and the locations of local police stations. Prefectural police
finance and control the patrol officer on the beat, traffic control, criminal
investigations, and other daily operations.
 Each prefectural police headquarters contains administrative divisions
corresponding to those of the bureaus of the National Police Agency.
Headquarters are staffed by specialists in basic police functions and
administration and are commanded by an officer appointed by the local
office of the National Public Safety Commission. Most arrests and
investigations are performed by prefectural police officials (and, in large
jurisdictions, by police assigned to substations), who are assigned to one
or more central locations within the prefecture. Experienced officers are
organized into functional bureaus and handle all but the most ordinary
problems in their fields.

Local station structure

Each District Headquarters commands several police stations. Each station

includes the following:

 Administration Section

 Traffic Section

 Security Section

 Community Police Affairs Section

 Criminal Investigation Section

 Community Safety Section

 Organized crime control Sectio

Organizations Attached to the National Police Agency

 NPA-attached organizations include the National Police Academy, the

National Research Institute of Police Science and the Imperial Guard
Headquarters.

 The National Police Academy provides training to senior police officers

and carries out academic research. It has nine training departments,
including Community Safety, Criminal Investigation, Traffic, and Security
Training Departments. Experts in each department serve as instructors or
researchers. Academy sub-units that provide advanced and expert
training and conduct research are: the Highest Training Institute for
 Investigation Leaders, the Research and Training Center for International
Criminal Investigation and Police Cooperation, the Police Policy Research
System of Public Safety Commissions Authority Administrative
Supervision Authority Administrative Supervision Supervision and control
within the agency’s defined duties Note 1 The Commissioner General is
appointed by the NPSC with the approval of the Prime Minister Note 2
Superintendent-General of MPD is appointed by the NPSC with the
consent of Tokyo Public Safety Commission and approval of the Prime
Minister.

 Chiefs of Prefectural Police are appointed by the NPSC with the consent
of the respective PPSCs Prime Minister National Public Safety
Commission Chairman (Minister of State) 5 Members National Police
Agency Prefectural Police Organization Prefectural Police Headquarters
Prefectural Governor Prefectural Public Safety Commission 3 or 5
Members Commissioner General 3 Center, the Police Info-
Communications Research Center, the Police Info-Communication
Academy, the Research and Training Center for Financial Crime
Investigation, and the Research and Training Center for Interview and
Introduction Technics.

 The National Research Institute of Police Science conducts research in

forensic science and applies the results of such research in the
examination and identification of evidence collected during police
investigations. It also conducts research on juvenile crime prevention and
traffic accidents. The Instituteʼs seven departments are: General Affairs;
First, Second, Third and Fourth Forensic Science; Criminology and
Behavioral Sciences; and, Traffic.

 The Imperial Guard Headquarters provides escorts for the Emperor,

Empress, Crown Prince and other Imperial Family members. It is also
responsible for the security of the Imperial Palace and other Imperial
facilities. It consists of the Imperial Police Administration, the Imperial
Security and the Imperial Escort departments.
 Regional Police Bureau

 Regional Police Bureaus (RPB) are subordinate to the NPA. There are
seven RPBs nationwide. They are located in major cities of each
geographic region. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Hokkaido
Prefectural Police Headquarters are excluded from the jurisdiction of
RPBs.

 Headed by a Director General, each RPB exercises necessary control and

supervision over and provides support services to prefectural police within
its jurisdiction, under the authority and orders of NPAʼs Commissioner
General.

 Attached to each RPB is a Regional Police School that provides police

personnel with education and training required for staff officers as well as
other necessary education and training.

 Prefectural Police Organizations

The Police Act requires that each prefectural government has its own
police organization to carry out police duties within its jurisdiction.

 Prefectural Public Safety Commissions

Prefectural Public Safety Commissions (PPSCs) are under the authority of
elected prefectural governors. PPSCs supervise the prefectural police by
drawing out basic policies for police operations and establishing
regulations in regard to the safety of the public. They are also authorized
to issue licenses for adult amusement businesses, firearm possession,
and driving. However, neither PPSCs nor prefectural governors have
powers to intervene in individual investigations or specific law enforcement
activities of the prefectural police.
 Some PPSCs consist of five members, while others consist of three.
Persons who served as professional public servants in police or
prosecution in the last five years may not be appointed as members.
Members are appointed by prefectural governors with the consent of
prefectural assemblies and serve a three-year term. The members then
elect their chairman among themselves. In PPSCs, a majority of the
members may not belong to the same political party.

Metropolitan Police Department and Prefectural Police

Organization and Authority

 The local police force of Tokyo is the Metropolitan Police Department

(MPD), while all other prefectures have their own prefectural police. The
MPD and prefectural police have identical functions and authorities within
their jurisdictions.

 Obtaining the consent of the Tokyo Public Safety Commission, the NPSC
appoints the Superintendent General, the chief of the MPD, with the
approval of the Prime Minister. The NPSC appoints prefectural police
chiefs with the consent of the respective PPSCs.

Police Stations, Police Boxes, and Residential Police Boxes

The MPD and the prefectural police divide their jurisdiction into districts and
place a police station in each of them. As operational units at the front line, police
stations perform their duties in close contact with the local community.

 Police boxes (Koban) and residential police boxes (Chuzaisho) are subordinate
units of police stations and are located throughout their jurisdiction. They are the
focal points of community police activities and play a leading role in the
maintenance of the safety of local communities.
 Organization of Japanese Police

 The Police Act empowers the national government to establish a central police
organization to control and supervise prefectural police forces on matters of
national concern. The act also gives each prefecture the authority to carry out
police duties to “protect life, person, and property” and “maintain public safety
and order” within its jurisdiction. At both the national and prefectural levels, Public
Safety Commissions have administrative supervision powers over the police.

 1.National Police Organization The National Public Safety Commission (NPSC)

and the National Police Agency (NPA) constitute Japanʼs national police
organization.

 National Public Safety Commission After World War II, the Public Safety
Commission system was established through the reform of the police. The main
object of the establishment of this system was to ensure democratic
administration and political neutrality of the police under the administrative
supervision by the Commission which consists of members representing good
sense of the public.

 The NPSC supervises the NPA. The Prime Minister is not empowered to
exercise direct command or control toward the Commission. This ensures the
political neutrality of the Commission.

 The Commission draws out basic policies and regulations, coordinates police
administration on matters of national concern and sets general standards for
training, communication, criminal identification, criminal statistics and equipment.

 The Commission appoints the Commissioner General of the NPA and Chiefs of
prefectural police organizations. The Commission indirectly supervises
prefectural police organizations through the NPA
 The Commission is composed of a Chairman and five members. To make it clear
that the responsibility for public safety lies with the cabinet, a state minister is
assigned as the chairman, who presides over Commission meetings. Members
are appointed by the Prime Minister with the consent of both houses of the Diet
and serve a five-year term. Persons who served as professional public servants
in police or prosecution in the last five years may not be appointed. To ensure
political neutrality, no more than two members may belong to the same political
party.

 To fulfill its duty, the Commission holds a regular meeting once every week, and
if necessary, holds additional meetings.

National Police Agency

Organization and Authority

 The Commissioner General, leading the NPA, is appointed by the NPSC with the
approval of the Prime Minister. The Commissioner General, under the
supervision of the Commission, oversees the agencyʼs operations, appoints
agency employees, and manages prefectural police organizations. The NPA, as
a national agency, formulates police systems and also conducts police
operations regarding cases involving national public safety, undertakes the
administration of matters which form the foundation of police activities such as
police education and training, police communications, criminal identification as
well as the development of police administration.
 These police departments are responsible for every police actions within
their jurisdiction in principle, but most important activities are regulated by
the National Police Agency. Police officers whose rank are higher
than Assistant Commissioner are salaried by the National budget even if
they belong to local police departments. Designation and dismissal of
these high-rank officers are delegated to National Public Safety
Commission

 The NPA also provides funds for equipment like Police radio systems, riot
control action, escort operation, and natural disaster duties, and
for internal security and multiple jurisdiction cases. National police statutes
and regulations establish the strength and rank allocations of all local
personnel and the locations of local police stations. Prefectural police
finance and control the patrol officer on the beat, traffic control, criminal
investigations, and other daily operations.

Each prefectural police headquarters contains administrative divisions

corresponding to those of the bureaus of the National Police Agency.
Headquarters are staffed by specialists in basic police functions and
administration and are commanded by an officer appointed by the local
office of the National Public Safety Commission. Most arrests and
investigations are performed by prefectural police officials (and, in large
jurisdictions, by police assigned to substations), who are assigned to one
or more central locations within the prefecture. Experienced officers are
organized into functional bureaus and handle all but the most ordinary
problems in their fields.

Local station structure

Each District Headquarters commands several police stations. Each

station includes the following:

 Administration Section

 Traffic Section

 Security Section

 Community Police Affairs Section

 Criminal Investigation Section

 Community Safety Section

 Organized Crime Control Section

Organizational Structure
 Ranks and Insignia

Criminal investigation

In the Empire of Japan, the criminal investigation was presided over

by prosecutors, like the Ministère public does in French law. Then, with
the 1947 Police Law and 1948 Code of Criminal Procedure, responsibility
of the investigation has been defined that uniquely located at police
officers. In order to fulfill this responsibility, Criminal Investigation
Departments or Bureaus (Judiciary Police) were set up in each police
organization. After the establishment of the 1954 amended Police Law,
these departments are supervised by the Criminal Affairs Bureau of the
National Police Agency.

Criminal Investigation Departments or Bureaus maintain two Investigation

Divisions (third or even fourth Divisions are established in some urban
prefecture), a Organized Crime Investigation Division (reinforced as an
independent department or headquarters in the TMPD and some
prefecture), a Mobile Investigation Unit, and a Identification Division . The
Mobile Investigation Units are primary reaction units for initial criminal
investigations, distributed among the region with unmarked cars.
The Special Investigation Teams are specialized detective units of the
First Investigation Divisions, well acquainted with new technology and
special tactics including SWAT capabilities.
 Riot control and counter terrorism

Riot Police Units (Kidō-tai). These units are not only riot police units literally,
but also some kind of rapid reaction force for disaster relief or
other emergency missions, and reinforcement for regular police when necessary.
Full-time riot police can also be augmented by regular police trained in riot duties

Counter terrorism operations are also the affairs of the Security Departments.
The Special Assault Teams are the national-level units and Anti-firearms
squads are the local units.These units are established within the Riot Police Units
basically, but Special Assault Teams of the TMPD and Osaka Prefectural Police
are under direct control of their Security Bureau or Department. Special
Investigation Teams of the Criminal Investigation Departments are mandated for
law enforcement missions against heavily armed criminals except terrorists,but in
some rural but well-versed Prefectural like Aomori, these detectives can form a
counter-terrorism task forcetogether with uniformed officers and riot specialists

Special judicial police officials

Cabinet Office

 Imperial guard

Ministry of Justice

 Prison guard

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

 Narcotics agent

 Labor Standards Inspector

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries[

 Authorized Fisheries Supervisor

 Officers of Regional Forest Office, under Forestry Agency

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Coast Guard Officer

 The largest and most important of these ministry-supervised public safety
agencies is the Japan Coast Guard, an external agency of the Ministry of
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism that deals with crime in
coastal waters and maintains facilities for safeguarding navigation. The
agency operates a fleet of patrol and rescue craft in addition to a few
aircraft used primarily for anti-smuggling patrols and rescue activities. In
1990 there were 2,846 incidents in and on the waters. In those incidents,
1,479 people drowned or were lost and 1,347 people were rescued.

Ministry of Defense

 Military police officer

Officials working for public safety, except for Special judicial police officials

 There are other officers having limited public safety functions.

The National Diet

 Diet guard

Ministry of Justice

 Immigration control officer

 Immigration inspector

Public security intelligence officer

 They handle national security matters both inside and outside the country.
Its activities are not generally known to the public.

 Public prosecutor

 Public prosecutor's assistant officer

Ministry of Finance

 Customs official

 Officers of National Tax Agency

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

 Quarantine Officer
 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

 Animal Quarantine Officers

Plant Protection Officer

Uniform

For much of the twentieth century up to the mid-1990s, police officers

wore a formal work uniform consisting of a tunic or Ike jacket with polished
silver buttons, and trousers with a sewn in truncheon pocket. No stab
vest was worn and much less equipment was carried than is today.
Following concerns about the police uniforms safety it was suggested that
the uniform should be changed.

From the 1990s it was generally accepted that the police could patrol in
"shirt-sleeve order" which meant that they need not wear the jacket, as its
widespread use was hampering in some situations. The NPA, in
agreement with the government and on the cooperation of the Prefecture
Chiefs of Police, changed the uniform from the business attire with no
protection of the torso, to a uniform of button down shirt with trousers, stab
vest, duty belt, and jacket when needed.

Although there are minor variations in the styling, pattern and insignia, the
police forces all wear very similar uniforms. In general, these have taken
their lead from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, due to it being the largest
police service in Japan. The base color is a dark blue or a frosted grey for
summer wear

 Female officers' uniforms have gone through a great variety of styles, as

they have tended to reflect the women's fashions of the time. Tunic style,
skirt length and headgear have varied by period and force. By the late
1980s, the female working uniform was virtually identical to male, except
for headgear and sometimes neckwear.

 Formal uniform comprises an open-necked tunic (with or without an

attached belt, depending on the force and rank of the Officer) and trousers
or skirt, worn with a white or light blue shirt and black tie (usually clip-on,
so it cannot be used to strangle the wearer).
 The normal working dress retains the shirt and trousers. In some forces
short sleeved shirts may be worn open-necked. Long sleeved shirts must
always be worn with a tie, worn with or without a jersey or fleece. If a
jersey, fleece or jacket is worn over a short sleeved shirt, then a tie must
be worn.

 Today, female officers almost never wear a skirt in working dress, and
frequently wear trousers in formal dress as well. Officers also frequently
wear reflective waterproof jackets, which have replaced the old greatcoats
and cloaks traditionally worn in inclement weather. Most officers now wear
stab vests, a type of body armour, when on duty.

 Basic headgear is a peaked cap for men, and a soft round bowler hat for
women. Traffic officers wear white cap covers or caps.

 Most Japanese police wear white gloves while they are on duty. Some
also wear white pistol belts, lanyards, helmets, boot laces or leggings.
Normal (Spring) Normal (Summer)

Normal (Vehicle) Normal Traffic

Normal(Guard) (Normal Local)

Formal Highway Patrol

 Service weapon

 In the pre-war era, most Japanese law enforcement officials had only
a sabre. Only some elite detectives, bodyguards, or SWAT units such as
the Emergency Service Unit of the TMPD were issued pistols. FN Model
1910 or Colt Model 1903 were used for open-carry uses, and Colt Model
1908 Vest Pocket or FN M1905 for concealed carry. During
the Occupation, the Supreme Commander for the Allied
Powers suggested them to be equipped with firearms. Because of the
insufficient stocks of the domestic handguns, Japanese police started to
receive service pistols leased from the Allies from 1949, and by 1951, all
officers were issued pistols.

At the beginning, types of sidearm varied, but M1911 pistols and M1917
revolvers, Smith & Wesson Military & Police and Colt Official Police were
used as the main sidearm. The .38 caliber revolvers were well-received,
but .45 caliber handguns were too large to carry for somewhat small
officers especially women. And especially M1917 revolvers were obsolete,
deteriorated significantly, so malfunction or reduced accuracy had been a
problem. As a response to these issues, the National Rural Police
Headquarters (one of the predecessors of the National Police Agency)
started to import small .38 Special caliber revolvers such as Smith &
Wesson Chiefs Special and Colt Detective Special. And from the 1960s,
procurement began to migrate to the domestic Minebea "New Nambu"
M60. When the production of the M60 was completed in the 1990s,
deployment of small semi-automatic pistols were considered, but this plan
was abandoned after small numbers of SIG Sauer P230 were deployed.
Finally, imports from the United States was resumed, S&W M37 and M360
revolvers have been purchased for uniformed officers. And some elite
detectives, bodyguards, or counter-terrorism units such as the Special
Assault Team are equipped with 9×19mm Parabellum caliber semi-
automatic pistols, Heckler & Koch USP, for
 Crime prevention program

1. Beware of Purse-snatching

 If you keep your bag in the basket of a bicycle without any cover, it is
possible that a motorcycle approaches from behind and snatches your
purse. You may be targeted by purse snatchers also when absorbed in a
mobile phone. Snatch-and-grab thefts can be prevented with proper and
simple precautions as described below.

 - Carry your bag on the side that is closest to buildings (away from the
road) to avoid drive-by purse-snatchers.

 - Use a shoulder bag with the strap crossed over your body.

 - Attach a purse-snatching preventative net over the front cage of your

bicycle.

 - Try not to talk on a mobile phone or look at the display for e-mails while
you are walking outside.

 Metropolitan Police Department "Beware of purse snatchers"

Theft

 In daily life we can not always avoid suffering from having a purse, a bag,
or a bicycle parked stolen. Once stolen, it would be gone for good. Pay
attention to your belongings at any time when outside to stay away from
crimes and troubles.

 - Don't bring the valuables when you go out. Keep the amount of money
you carry to a minimum.

 - Do not leave personal valuables even in spaces you feel comfortable in,
such as a classroom or your place of work. Never leave a bag which holds
your residence card, train pass, wallet, etc. unattended.

 - When you purchase a bicycle, register it as a safeguard against theft.

 - Install two locks to your bicycle.

 - On the other hand, you should not pick up without permission

unattended bicycles, electronic appliances, or furniture abandoned on the
streets, or you will be charged with embezzlement.
 Burglar

 Locks originally equipped with might be insufficient to prevent burglars,

while it is matter of course to get doors and windows fully locked
whenever you go out. Fit additional locks to the windows, or ask your
caretaker to replace the lock of external door when it doesn't seem firm
enough. You are advised to take care of the following points to prevent
burglars.

 - Lock your room door even if you are going out only for a short time, say,
to throw garbage away.

 - If you have a postbox attached to a external door designated for

dropping a mail into, put a cover securely from the inside which prevents
thieves from trying to peek at inside or putting their hands through.

 - Avoid leaving your mails piled up. It encourages thieves to break in if you
are considered to be away.

 - In your room, keep the valuables out of sight and as for cash, put as
much as possible in a bank or the likes.

 Metropolitan Police Department "Measures for keeping burglars away"

Money Transfer Fraud (Furikome-sagi)

 The criminal pretends to be a policeman, a lawyer, or official, and calls and

tells you to transfer money. In Japan, public institutions will not make a
direct call to ask you to make any payment. If a stranger calls you and talk
about money transfer, be alert to consider the possibility of money transfer
fraud and react calmly.

 - Don't inform a stranger of personal information such as your name, your

family's name, address, nor credit card number even though he is surely
from the police or one of the officials.

 - You should not reply in vague fashion when it is difficult for you to
understand or catch what they say in Japanese. Say clearly "I don't know
about that.

SAMSON COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

College of Criminology
587 EDSA, Cubao Quezon City
COMPARATIVE POLICE SYSTEM
JAPAN PLICE
( Lea 6 )

Submitted By:

Villan, Michael B. villan

Submitted to:

Professor: Maxima Panagsagan

September 2018