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National Public Safety Commission

National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会) is an organization with a team of about five committees, belonging to the cabinet of the Japanese government, overseeing the national security in Japan. It ranks above the National Police Agency but is essentially a different organization from the police. It is well-known by its shorthand Koan (公安). The chairman is the minister.

Historically, the commission keeps watch over the activities of communists in Japan, but it is also believed that it watches for extreme nationalism activists in Japan as well. Liberals in Japan have long criticized this secrecy of the commission and have cautioned that it undermines the rights of the Japanese people.

List of current committees:

• Tanigaki Sadakazu (chairman; from Liberal Democratic Party of Japan)
• Watanabe Kouji
• Ogino Naoki
• Anzaki Satoru
• Kawaguchi Kazuko
• Oomori Masasuke

External Links

Official website in Japanese (there is no English version)

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