page_title: Public Prosecutors Office (Japan)
section_title: District Public Prosecutors Offices
hierarchical_section_title: Public Prosecutors Office (Japan) / Organisation / District Public Prosecutors Offices
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 長崎地方検察庁
context_page_description: The Public Prosecutors Office is the agency for conducting prosecution in Japan. It is an extraordinary organ under the Ministry of Justice. It consists of four tiers of offices: the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office; the High Public Prosecutors Offices, the District Public Prosecutors Offices; and the Local Public Prosecutors Offices.
context_section_description: The District Public Prosecutors Offices (地方検察庁, Chihō Kensatsu-chō, abbr. as 地検 Chiken) are located in all the prefectural capitals (47) and 3 large cities in Hokkaido besides Sapporo. Most of them have their branches. These locations correspond to those of the District and the Family Courts and their branches.
  Public prosecutors in the District Public Prosecutors Offices carry out investigations and trials of criminal cases. Most cases are referred to prosecutors by the police and other organisations such as customs, but some serious and complex cases are investigated by public prosecutors on their own. Some large District Public Prosecutors Offices have a dedicated investigation department (the Special Investigation Department (特別捜査部, Tokubetsu Sōsa-bu, abbr. as 特捜部 Tokusō-bu) or the Special Criminal Department (特別刑事部, Tokubetsu Keiji-bu)) for serious cases. In particular, many well-known cases are prosecuted by the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office (東京地方検察庁特別捜査部, Tōkyō Chihō Kensatsu-chō Tokubetsu Sōsa-bu, known as 東京地検特捜部 Tōkyō Chiken Tokusō-bu).
caption: Public Prosecutors Offices building in Nagasaki
exif: {"Image Tag 0x000B": "Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384", "Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon IXY 640", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "180", "Image YResolution": "180", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384", "Image DateTime": "2017:02:17 21:45:26", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "2406", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 3, 0, 0]", "Image GPSInfo": "11170", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "96", "Thumbnail YResolution": "96", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "11284", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "7946", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/320", "EXIF FNumber": "18/5", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "160", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Standard Output Sensitivity and Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2017:02:13 13:04:05", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2017:02:13 13:04:05", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "3", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "133/16", "EXIF ApertureValue": "59/16", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "59/16", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "9/2", "EXIF SubSecTime": "38", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "38", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "38", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "5184", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3888", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "Interoperability RelatedImageWidth": "5184", "Interoperability RelatedImageLength": "3888", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "11100", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "1036800/49", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "486000/23", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF CameraOwnerName": "", "EXIF Padding": "[]", "EXIF OffsetSchema": "4256"}