Public Security Intelligence Agency
The Public Security Intelligence Agency ( PSIA; jap公安 调查 庁, Kōan Chosa -chō, dt "Investigation Public Security " ), in short: Kōan -chō (公安 庁) and Kocho (公 调), is a Japanese news service, which is active at home and abroad. One focus of his work is the counterintelligence. The service is under the Ministry of Justice. It has existed since 1952, when it was established on the basis of the law against subversive activities. During the Cold War especially the Japanese Communist Party was monitored. Even foreigners (mainly Korean) and sects such as Omu Shinrikyo (now called Aleph ) were objects of observation.
The current leader is Toshio Yanagi.
Activities
According to the company PSIA focuses its work in 2007 and 2008 in the international arena on North Korea and its nuclear program as well as defense against terrorism, particularly in the run-up to the G8 summit in Tōyako, and the acquisition of information about Russia and the People's Republic of China. In Germany, therefore, it focuses its activities on the investigation into the activities of the Aleph faction Hikarinowa (ひかりの輪), the continued observation of Aleph itself and its institutions, radical parts of the Japanese Communist Party and radical right-wing groups.