Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office explained

Agency Name:Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO)
Nativename A:内閣情報調査室
Nativename R:Naikaku Jōhō Chōsashitsu (Naichō)
Formed:1986 (CIRO establishment)
Preceding1:Research Office (1952)[1]
Preceding2:Cabinet Research Chamber[2] /Cabinet Research Office (1957)[3]
Jurisdiction:Government of Japan
Headquarters:Nagatacho, Tokyo, Japan
Employees:170–175
Chief1 Name:Kazuya Hara
Chief1 Position:Director of Cabinet Intelligence
Parent Agency:Cabinet Secretariat

The,[4] also known as,[5] is a Japanese intelligence agency under the Cabinet Secretariat responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information for the cabinet. As a principal member of the Japanese intelligence community, the CIRO reports directly to the Prime Minister. Its operations are mandated through the Cabinet Law.[6]

The agency is said to be equivalent to the American Central Intelligence Agency.[7] Like most intelligence agencies in Japan, its personnel are usually recruited from other agencies.[8] Around 100 out of 170 CIRO agents are from other agencies/ministries with top positions occupied by career police officers.[9] The CIRO frequently works with the National Security Council as a communication channel to the prime minister.

The CIRO is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, in a building called "H20".

History

The CIRO was created by the Allied Forces through the formation of the in April 1952 with Jun Murai as the first director in an attempt to replicate its structure after the CIA.[9] But due to widespread opposition and the factionalism in the bureaucracy, this plan was discarded.[9] The RO was placed under jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's office in 1957 and was known as the .[1] The CRO was later renamed as the CIRO in 1986.[1]

The Cabinet Intensive Information Center was established on April 11, 1996 to ensure that the CIRO can inform the Prime Minister in case of severe emergencies.[7] It's located in the Prime Minister's residence.[7]

In August 2007, discussions of intelligence reforms through the paper Improvement of Counter-Intelligence Functions resulted in the establishment of the Counterintelligence Center.[10] It's been suggested that the CIC can be used as the basis for the creation of an actual external intelligence agency similar to the CIA.[11]

In 2013, CIRO satellite imagery analysis was used to assist NGOs in Tacloban for reconstruction work in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.[12]

Since 2015, CIRO agents are usually recruited to be sent to the International Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Collection Unit.[13] [14]

In 2016, the business magazine Facta reported that the government of Shinzo Abe had directed the CIRO to spy on a legal council connected to David Kaye, who as U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of expression stated "deep and genuine concern" on declining media independence in Japan.[15]

On January 12 2024, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center announced that the launch of the Optical-8 satellite was a success, which separated from the missile and has entered orbit.[16]

Spy scandal

On January 17, 2008, an official of Naichō was charged for spying for Russians, passing them classified information. The Russians denied the claim.[17] Since then, there had been calls for greater accountability on Naichō.[18]

Organization

According to its official web site, the organization of Naichō is as follows:[19]

Has Human Resources, Budget and academic experts.

Collect information based on domestic media, including newspapers, magazines and from news broadcasts.

Collect information based on foreign media and broadcasts from another country, including CIRO agents based overseas.

Studies domestic/international economic information.

Secures information related to disasters and other emergencies. Staffed by twenty agents from the Ministry of Defense, National Police Agency, Fire Disaster and Management Agency and the Japan Coast Guard.

Operates a network of surveillance satellites, such as the IGS-Optical and IGS-Radar series. As of June 2018, Japan has six functioning observation satellites in orbit.[20] It was established in 2001 and has 320 personnel employed with at least 100 of them being imagery intelligence analysts.[9] Tasked with obtaining and analyzing satellite imagery data.[21] The Deputy Director position is filled by a senior officer from the NPA.[22]

Directors of Naichō

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JAPAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE - CAN TOKYO MEET WASHINGTON'S EXPECTATION?. stimson.org. November 2008.
  2. Web site: Intelligence in the New Japan — Central Intelligence Agency. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080312083727/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol7no3/html/v07i3a01p_0001.htm . 2008-03-12 .
  3. https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF300/CF351/RAND_CF351.pdf
  4. Web site: Names of Government Organizations and Positions . Cabinet Secretariat . 2013-12-20.
  5. https://www.france24.com/en/20110221-japan-set-up-foreign-spy-agency-wikileaks-china-north-korea
  6. Web site: The Cabinet Law .
  7. Web site: Japan's Growing Intelligence Capabilities. Andrew Oros. https://web.archive.org/web/20090320155104/http://andreworos.washcoll.edu/password/oros_ijic_0102.pdf . 2009-03-20. 2019-05-23. 2008-06-09.
  8. Web site: Abe administration considering creating MI6-style spy agency. 6 March 2015.
  9. Davis and Gustafson, page. 183.
  10. Davis and Gustafson, page. 188.
  11. Yukio Kubota “Spin Doctor “Information Manipulation” Techniques Used by Professional Fir Erasers” Kodansha+α Shinsho p.101
  12. Web site: 2013年11月 フィリピン台風被災状況推定地図 タクロバン周辺全体. cas.go.jp.
  13. Web site: To Fight Terror, Japan Must Fix Its Intelligence Apparatus. https://web.archive.org/web/20150603172043/https://thediplomat.com/2015/06/to-fight-terror-japan-must-fix-its-intelligence-appartus/. 2015-06-03. Tatsumi. Yuki. The Diplomat.
  14. Web site: Japan's counterterrorism efforts falling short. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309080925/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/03/05/commentary/japans-counterterrorism-efforts-falling-short/#.Vt_aSvbP238. 2016-03-09.
  15. Web site: The Silencing of Japan's Free Press . Fackler . Matthew . 27 May 2016 . 2023-04-10 . 2016-05-27 . Foreign Policy. https://web.archive.org/web/20160602044616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/27/the-silencing-of-japans-free-press-shinzo-abe-media/. 2016-06-02.
  16. Web site: Japan successfully launches an intelligence-gathering satellite to watch for North Korean missiles . . 12 January 2024 .
  17. Web site: A Japanese Faces Spy Charges . 2008-01-17 . The Moscow Times . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080121092341/http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2008/01/17/014.html . January 21, 2008 .
  18. Web site: Japan's Cabinet urges tighter controls amid Russian spy scandal. 2009-06-24.
  19. Web site: Organizational Structure | Cabinet Secretariat.
  20. News: Japan Places Eighth Reconnaissance Satellite in Orbit – Via Satellite -. Via Satellite . 13 June 2018.
  21. Web site: Briefing Memo . nids.go.jp . 31 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080625185434/http://www.nids.go.jp/english/dissemination/briefing/2006/pdf/100.pdf . 25 June 2008 . May 2006.
  22. Dover, Goodman and Hillebrand, page 203
  23. Web site: Japan's sports intelligence can help national-level gathering capabilities . https://web.archive.org/web/20230409164139/https://asia.nikkei.com/NAR/Articles/Japan-s-sports-intelligence-can-help-national-level-gathering-capabilities . 2023-04-09 .
  24. Web site: http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/gaiyou/kanbu/2003/sugita.html. ja:内閣危機管理監. 2011-02-27. Cabinet Secretariat. ja.
  25. Web site: http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/gaiyou/kanbu/2003/kanemoto.html. ja:内閣情報官. 2011-02-27. Cabinet Secretariat. ja.
  26. Web site: http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/gaiyou/kanbu/2006/mitani.html. ja:内閣情報官. 2011-02-27. Cabinet Secretariat. ja.
  27. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20110322190232/http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/gaiyou/kanbu/2010/uematsu.html. http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/gaiyou/kanbu/2010/uematsu.html. ja:内閣情報官. 2011-02-27. Cabinet Secretariat. ja. 2011-03-22.
  28. News: The Untold Story of Japan's Secret Spy Agency . May 19, 2018 . Ryan . Gallagher . https://web.archive.org/web/20180521231622/https://theintercept.com/2018/05/19/japan-dfs-surveillance-agency/ . May 21, 2018.
  29. Web site: dead . https://archive.today/20161112225827/http://jsw.newpacificinstitute.org/?p=9840 . 2016-11-12 . 2017-01-20 . Top Intelligence Post Vacant . Japan Security Watch . en .
  30. Web site: 国家安全保障局長に北村滋氏 谷内氏退任、後任内閣情報官は滝沢氏. 11 September 2019.
  31. Web site: 内閣情報官 瀧澤 裕昭（たきざわ ひろあき）｜内閣官房ホームページ.
  32. News: 27 June 2023 . 政府 内閣情報官に警察庁 原和也警備局長を起用 . NHK . 28 August 2023.

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