Japan Coast Guard

The Kaijo Hoan -chō (Japanese海上 保安 庁, dt " authority for maritime security," short Kaiho (海 保) or Hoanchō (保安 庁); engl before 2000: Maritime Safety Agency of Japan, shortly MSA or JMSA since. 2000: Japan coast Guard, short JCG ) is the coast guard of the state of Japan. The Authority is an independent office ( gaikyoku ) of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport based in Central Government Buildings Ranked # 3 in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo Prefecture, and has approximately 12,000 employees. Your responsibilities are the protection and monitoring of coastal waters, the shipping safety, maritime rescue and disaster protection.

The Kaijo Hoan chō has already been established under the Cabinet Ashida 1948 during the occupation by the then Ministry of Transport. 1952 a part of the Kaiho was incorporated into the new safety authority, later emerged from the two years, the Defense Agency and the Self-Defense Forces.

The head of agency ( Chokan, Eng. Commandant ) is a subordinate principle to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, in tasks that fall under the jurisdiction of other ministries, and other ministers, on the instructions of the Prime Minister or the Minister of Defence in the exception or defense case, but according to U.S. - model the Ministry of Defence. Under him is a deputy ( jichō, Eng. Vice Commandant ), the keibi - kyūnan -kan (English as " head of [ operations ] defense and rescue ," engl. Vice Commandant for Operations ), six departments of the central authority, the Academy the authority ( Kaijo - hoan - daigakkō ) in Kure and the School of authority ( Kaijo - hoan - Gakko ) in Maizuru. In eleven regional headquarters ( kan ku Kaijo hoan hombu ) are organized over 60 locations and remote offices. The Kaiho has a total of around 450 ships and boats as well as 27 aircraft and 46 helicopters.