The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, known locally as simply the Metropolitan Police Department, is the prefectural police of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. Founded in 1874, the TMPD is the largest pol
Headquarters building
Toyota Crown with a raised lightbar in Shibuya
Yamaha FJR1300 escorting the 2015 Tokyo Marathon
Eurocopter EC155 used by the TMPD at Tokyo Heliport
The National Police Agency is the central coordinating law enforcement agency of the Japanese police system. Unlike national police in other countries, the NPA does not have any operational units of i
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
…out municipalities arose, so in 1954 the amended Police Law (警察法, Keisatsu-hō) was passed, reunifying the police into prefectural divisions under the National Police Agency; as part of the amendment, the TMPD regained jurisdiction over the Tokyo metropolitan area. In 2017, the TMPD established the Cyber Attack Countermeasures…
2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office, the building which houses the agency