Japan Comparative
Japan Comparative
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Executive branch
Legislative branch
Judicial branch
BRIEF HISTORY
chief of police
prosecutor
judge
importance.
Dshin a lower class than yoriki. performed the duties of prison guard
with executions
Komono were non-samurais who went with the dshin on patrols and
provided assistance.
Okappiki were non-samurai from the lowest outcast class, often former
particular neighborhood
members were collectively responsible for the actions and activities of any one of
their members.
"Go yo! - to inform a subject that he had been placed under arrest was to simply
shout the word "Go yo!. the expression was also used to mean "Official business!"
In 1868 the samurai era ended with the overthrow of the Tokugawa
shogunate, a new government came into power and the samurai class was
following:
Prussia
Home Ministry was established in 1873, wherein civilian police powers were
centralized at the national level.The Tokyo metropolitan area came under the
personally headed by Kawaji from 1874, and from which he could direct the
safety and public health issues, in addition to its criminal investigation and public
until it controlled almost all aspects of daily life, including fire prevention and
Special Higher Police (Tokko) were created to regulate the content of motion
The vague wording of the Peace Preservation Laws gave all police
and under the guise of "maintenance of order", the police were allowed broad
Post-World War II
The Home Ministry was abolished and replaced by the less powerful Ministry of
Home Affairs (now part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) and
the police were stripped of their responsibility for fire protection, public health, and
1947 Police Law and civilian control was to be ensured by placing the police under
the jurisdiction of the National Public Safety Commission in the Office of the Prime
Minister.
ensures that Japan's police are an apolitical body and free of direct central
Diet of Japan passed 1947 Police Law creating the New National Police Agency.
Commissioner General
The highest-ranking police officer of the Japanese national police agency. Under
the power and control of the Commissioner general come two other officers
which are given as follows:
Regional Bureaus :
Tohoku Regional Police Bureau
Kanto Regional Police Bureau
Chubu Regional Police Bureau
Kinki Regional Police Bureau
Chugoku Regional Police Bureau
Shikoku Regional Police Bureau
Kyushu Regional Police Bureau
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Police Ranks
As far as the police officers are concerned, they are divided into nine major
ranks, which are given as follows:
Commissioner general- Highest title or rank in the NPA and chief of the National
Police Agency of Japan
Superintendent general-He is the chief of the metropolitan police department
Superintendent supervisor-he is the chief of the prefectural police headquarters
Chief superintendent-he is the head of the prefectural police headquarters as
well.
Senior superintendent-he is the chief of the police station of his area of
recruitment.
Superintendent-he is the vice commanding officer of the police station of his area
of recruitment.
Police inspector or captain-he is the leader of the riot company and the squad
commander of the police station.
Assistant police inspector-he is the leader of the riot platoon and squad sub
commander of the police station as well.
Police sergeant - the field supervisor and leader of the police box.
Police officer-this is the starting point of a police officers journey in the NPA
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distinguished by a strong inquisitorial system where fewer rights are granted to the
accused, and the written law is taken as gospel and subject to little interpretation.
All police boxes and residential police boxes feature a red lamp above their
entrances.
Crime report
Emergency services
Chuzaisho are the rural equivalent to koban manned by a single officer, who lives
community policing
The largest urban police force in the world consist of 43,273 police officers (and
3,095 part-time officers) Second is New York City Police Department 36,000
Third is Hong Kong's Police Force 28,191. Anyone who lives in Tokyo knowns
that the police maintain high visibility in the community. Tokyo police take small
crimes seriously. Report a bicycle stolen and they will actually try to solve the
crime.
Sobriety test
Written exams
coerced confession - some suspects will falsely admit guilt just to end a
stressful interrogation
charge
under reported crime- Unlike the rare violent crimes, sexual assaults are
criticized for failing to take victims of sexual crimes seriously time and
crimes.
What are most disturbing are however arguments that the low crime is
partially a result of a police culture that are obsessed with keeping crime
statistics low.
Coincidentally, Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world.