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