National Police Agency Security Bureau

The is a bureau of the National Police Agency in charge of national-level internal security affairs.

It supervises the Security Bureau and the Public Security Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and Security departments of other Prefectural police headquarters for those issues.

The current chief of the Security Bureau is .

Organization

Organization of the Security Bureau is as follows:

Security Department

The is charged with internal counter-terrorism, countering cybercrime and surveillance of potentially threatening groups, organisations, and social phenomena. It's also tasked with providing close protection requirements to VIPs.

Security Coordination Office
Image Data Analysis Office
Intelligence Coordination Analysis Office
Crisis Management Office
Cyber Attack Analysis Center
Intelligence Countermeasure Office
Far-Left Countermeasure Office
Far-Right Countermeasure Office
Special Organized Crime Countermeasure Office

Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department

The is charged with counter-intelligence, and international counter-terrorism. It has a unit known as YAMA, which has access to classified information based on intercepts from various communications facilities.

Foreign Affairs Technical Investigation Office
Foreign Affairs Research Office
Foreign Affairs Special Case Countermeasure Office
Unauthorized Export Countermeasure Office
Counter International Terrorism Countermeasure Office

Security Operations Department

The replaced the former in 2019. It's mandated with security and protecting VIPs (1st Division) and response to large-scale disaster or terrorism (2nd Division).

Training

Prospective SB officers are trained at the National Police Academy in intelligence gathering techniques.