### Section 12. Think Tank Activities

## (1) Activities of the Police Policy Research Center

The Police Policy Research Center in the National Police Academy advances research and studies related to issues confronting the police, and serves as a window for exchange between the police and researchers and other experts from both Japan and overseas.

## 1 ) Holding of Forums

The center holds various forums with the theme of measures against organized crimes in cooperation with foundations and other organizations with the participation researchers and business persons from both Japan and overseas.

Table 5-7 Situation of Holding Police Reform Forum

Month held	Forum Name	Keynote Speaker
January	Prevention of crimes in cooperation with relevant organizations centering around juvenile delinquency	British university professors
March	Securing coexistence and public safety with foreigners	German university professors
Bridge between Freedom & Safety/Theory & Practice	University professors
September	Measures against Sexual Crimes in the future	Korean university professors
November	On Participative preventive measures against crimes	French government executive officers

## 2 ) Promotion of Joint Research with University-related Parties

It is promoting joint researches with academies and researchers. A joint research is recently being conducted with Keio Law School regarding the terrorism countermeasure legislations of each country and a joint research with Waseda Institute of the Policy of Social Safety regarding juvenile crimes/prevention of damages and crimes conducted by foreign nationals.

## 3 ) Lectures Held at Universities and Graduate Schools

In order to develop and diffuse the study of police policies, special lectures are being held along with dispatching personnel as lecturers to universities and graduate schools including School of International Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Law, Waseda University, Chuo Law School and Tokyo Metropolitan University the Faculty of Urban Arts (Tokyo Metropolitan University the Faculty of Law). The Center also compiled a book (police policy) as a textbook for the students.

## 4 ) International Academic Exchanges on Police

Based on an agreements stipulating implementing joint activities such as exchanges of researchers, research, holding of lectures were closed Police Science Institute Korea National Police University with the Institute National Hautes Etudes De Securité (INHES), etc. As such the Center implements international academic exchanges on police.

The Police Policy Research Center is positively participating into the international academic conferences related to the police, for the purpose of carrying out transmission of information of Japanese police.

## (2) Activities of the Police Info-Communications Research Center

The Police Info-Communications Research Center in the National Police Academy study info-communications technology is doing research on communication technologies related to police activities, such as technology related to info-communications systems and encryption. The results of this research are applied in the improvement of info-communications systems and measures against criminal misuse of info-communications technology.

## (3) Research by the National Research Institute of Police Science

At the National Research Institute of Police Science, researchers having expertise and technical knowledge of biology, medical science and psychology are doing research and development in the area of forensic science, crime prevention, and traffic accident prevention. Moreover, it gives expert opinion and conducts inspection into the cases or incidents in response to the requests from each Prefectural Police.