National Police Agency
The National Police Agency (NPA) (警察庁 Keisatsu-chō) is the central coordinating agency of the Japanese police system. It is administered by the National Public Safety Commission, which appoints the Commissioner General (警察庁長官 Keisatsu-chō Chōkan). As head of the NPA, the Commissioner General holds the highest position in the Japanese police.
The NPA supervises the Regional Police Bureaus and prefectural police organizations, as well as the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Unlike the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States, the NPA does not have any police officers of its own. Instead, its role is to determine general standards and policies, although in national emergencies or large-scale disasters the agency is authorized to take command of prefectural police forces.
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Background
Known Agents
Canon agents
- Rei Furuya: Also going by the alias Tooru Amuro, he has the codename Bourbon in the Black Organization. He has a rivalry with Shuichi Akai and the FBI as a whole stemming form Scotch's death. He works in the Security Bureau Security Planning Division.
- Various unnamed agents ordered by Rei in The Scarlet Return.
Former agents
- Hyoue Kuroda: Current Tokyo Police First Division Managing Officer, but before he got into a serious accident 10 years ago, he worked for the National Police Agency. It's unknown which department was he in.
Non-canon agents
- Yuya Kazami (風見 裕也 Kazami Yūya) is a Rei's direct subordinate who appears in The Darkest Nightmare.[1]
Organization Structure and Divisions
- See also: National Police Agency Organization
Security Bureau
The Security Bureau of the National Police Agency (NPA SB) (警察庁警備局 Keisatsu-chō Keibi-kyoku) is a bureau of the NPA in charge of national-level public security. It is charged with counter-terrorism, counter-intelligence, countering cybercrime and surveillance of potentially threatening groups, organizations, and social phenomena. It also supervises the prefectural police forces for those issues.[2]
In the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan, the NPA SB is one of the Japanese intelligence agencies that participate in the fight against the Black Organization. The undercover agent Rei Furuya is a member of one of the departments of the NPA SB called the National Police Agency Security Bureau Security Planning Division[3] (警察庁警備局警備企画課 Keisatsuchō Keibi-kyoku Keibi-Kikaku-ka) which has the nickname Zero.
Plot Overview
Non-canon Plot Overview
Relationships analysis
The NPA and the Black Organization
It hasn't been stated how the Security Bureau and the NPA in general discovered the Black Organization. The Black Organization in general hasn't shown any indication that they specifically suspect the Security Bureau might be investigating them.
The NPA and the FBI
Initially Rei Furuya and the NPA SB in general wanted the FBI, who are operating illegally in Japan, completely deported. Rei Furuya in particular wanted to arrest Shuichi Akai for killing Scotch. After The Scarlet Return, the NPA SB appear to be grudgingly tolerating the FBI's presence.
The NPA and the CIA
The NPA and the ordinary Japanese Law Enforcement
The NPA in general is the central coordinating and supervising agency of the Japanese police system. However, the ordinary Japanese law enforcement doesn't appear to know about the NPA SB's mission or about the Black Organization at all. Hyoue Kuroda, an ex-NPA agent who has since moved to the Tokyo MPD division one, may know something courtesy of Rei Furuya who is currently an NPA agent.
The NPA and Conan Edogawa
It is stated by Hyoue Kuroda that he heard the rumor of Conan being the real brain behind Sleeping Kogoro from the NPA, indicating that they have known or at least suspect Conan's true intelligence.
See also
References
- ^ Ikeda, Shuichi; Furuya, Tohru (March 23, 2016). "劇場版『名探偵コナン』が「通常の3倍」観たくなる奇跡の対談！――劇場版『名探偵コナン 純黒の悪夢(ナイトメア)」』インタビュー". Interviewer: Sòng, Risk. Animate.. Animate TV. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ Wikipedia: National Police Agency Security Bureau (Japan)
- ^ File:Postcard2016 40.jpg
| Japanese Intelligence Agencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| NPA Security Bureau | Rei Furuya (Tooru Amuro) | |
| Tokyo MPD Public Security Bureau | Hiromitsu Morofushi (deceased) • Yuya Kazami | |
| Manga | Tea Poisoning Murder Case • Elementary Teacher Assault • Scarlet Showdown • Girls Band Murder Case • A song named ASACA • Haibara's Lost Phone Strap Case • Trapped at Hatoyama Farm • Kaitou Kid and the Queen's Bang | |
| Anime | The Tense Tea Party • The Scarlet Return • The Unfriendly Girls Band • The Betrayal's Stage • The Heartfelt Strap • The Spark That Fell on the Ranch • Kid vs. Amuro: Queen's Bang | |
| Movies | The Darkest Nightmare • Zero the Enforcer • The Bride of Halloween • Black Iron Submarine | |
| Related Articles | Tokyo Metropolitan Police • Law Enforcement • Minor law enforcement | |
