Japan’s Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Division announced on March 19 that it will reorganize its foreign affairs division, which is responsible for investigating and dealing with foreign spies and other matters. This is the first Time in 19 years that the foreign affairs department will be reorganized, and from April, the division responsible for the Asian region will be divided into departments responsible for China and North Korea, making them independent. The Ministry of Public Security judged that there is a need to strengthen countermeasures against China, which has become increasingly unstable under the influence of threatening the international community, and North Korea, which has become increasingly unstable under the influence of the New Crown Epidemic.
According to Kyodo News, the Public Security Department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said it will divide the two foreign affairs divisions responsible for the Asian region from all three divisions to four, with the main targets being (1) Russia (2) Asian countries including China (3) the Korean Peninsula (4) international counter-terrorism measures. This is the first reorganization since the establishment of the Foreign Affairs Section 3 in 2002, which specializes in counter-terrorism, the year after the September 11 attacks in the United States.
According to the report, China began to stipulate in the National Intelligence Law in 2017 that its citizens should assist in national intelligence work, and in February this year implemented the Marine Police Law, which allows the Marine Police Bureau, which is responsible for maritime security, to use weapons. Tensions continue around the Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in China). North Korea is facing the abduction issue, and the economic situation has worsened due to the border closure in response to the new epidemic. In January, the party announced its policy to increase its nuclear and missile capabilities, and it is increasingly isolated on the diplomatic front.
In addition, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s newest Aegis ship, the Haguro, was delivered Friday and officially entered into service. The “Haguro” became the 8th Aegis destroyer of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. The delivery ceremony was held in Yokohama City, Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi gave a lecture to the team, referring to China’s arms expansion and North Korea’s missile development, hoping that the team should carry out their tasks with the spirit of guarding Japan’s peace and independence.
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