airline companies. Each organization is working to improve response capabilities through an exchange of information with various foreign countries.

## 3 ) Dispatch of Terrorism Response Team - Tactical Wing for Overseas (TRT-2)

Based on the lessons learned from the incident in which the Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Peru was seized in 1996, the NPA established the Terrorism Response Team (TRT). This team is dispatched when serious terrorism incidents relating to Japanese nationals and Japan’s interests occur overseas. The team has assisted investigative activities such as gathering information and conducting hostage negotiations in close cooperation with local law enforcement institutions.

In the wake of the terrorist bombing incident in Bali, Indonesia in October 2002, security agencies of the country made a request to Japan for assistance; in response, DNA analysis experts were dispatched to Bali as part of TRT. Since such requests for assistance tend to vary in type, the existing TRT underwent progressive reorganization in August 2004 and launched the Terrorism Response Team - Tactical Wing for Overseas (TRT-2), which has the capability of carrying out a wider range of assistance for local security agencies.

## 4 ) Cooperation with Relevant Government Agencies and Ministries

The police are regularly engaged in information exchange in close cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and Self-Defense Forces (SDF), and are working to strengthen a response system prepared for possible serious terrorism incidences.

Since 2000, the police have concluded an agreement between the Defense Agency (at that time) and the SDF, and have carried out joint mapped training regarding public security operations for simulated attacks by armed agents, in order to be capable of responding to unlawful acts by armed agents. Based on the results of such training, between October 2005 and March 2009, 44 Prefectural Police conducted joint field exercises with their respective corresponding teams of the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSD). The police plan to continue such training in various areas and strengthen their close cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and the SDF.

In addition, the police assume responsibility of the security of nuclear power stations in cooperation with the Japan Coast Guard, and they plan to continue strengthening their partnership through conducting joint exercises and other methods.

Besides this, the NPA has conducted on-the-spot inspections of nuclear power operation businesses, holder of specific pathogens, etc., in cooperation with relevant agencies, and are continuing efforts to strengthen the safeguarding of nuclear substances and prevent acts of biological terrorism.

## 5 ) Contributions toward the Freezing of Terrorist Assets

Japan is proactively engaged in freezing the assets of terrorist, as called for in the UN Security Council Resolution 1373. The NPA is also taking part in a liaison conference with relevant ministries and agencies relating to the freezing of terrorist funds and is contributing to an active operation of freezing assets.

## 6) Safety Measures for Japanese Nationals Overseas

The NPA dispatches personnel with specialized knowledge overseas as a regular practice, to conduct proactive information gathering activities, including information exchanges with foreign security agencies, intelligence agencies, and other organizations. The NPA is striving to comprehend the movements of international terrorists and international terrorist organizations, and has been providing information on-demand to relevant organizations and other entities, thereby contributing toward safety measures for