Public Prosecutors Office (Japan)

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Public Prosecutors Office
Japanese: 検察庁

Public Prosecutors Offices building in Tokyo
Agency overview
FormedMay 3, 1947 (1947-05-03)[1]
Preceding agency
  • Prosecution Department (検事局, Kenji-kyoku) of the Courts[1]
JurisdictionJapan
Employees11,863 (2020–21)[2]
Minister responsible
  • Nobuo Inada, Prosecutor-General
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Toru Sakai, Deputy Prosecutor-General
Parent agencyMinistry of Justice (法務省, Hōmu-shō)
Websitewww.kensatsu.go.jp

The Public Prosecutors Office (検察庁, Kensatsu-chō)[3] is the agency for conducting prosecution in Japan. It is an extraordinary organ (特別の機関, Tokubetsu no Kikan) under the Ministry of Justice (法務省, Hōmu-shō).[4] It consists of four tiers of offices: the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office; the High Public Prosecutors Offices (8), the District Public Prosecutors Offices (50); and the Local Public Prosecutors Offices (438).[5]

  1. ^ a b "戦後の検察組織" [Prosecution Organisations after WWII] (in Japanese). Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  2. ^ "法務省所管 一般会計歳出予算各目明細書" [Details of Budget, Ministry of Justice] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Names of Government Organizations and Positions" (PDF). Cabinet Secretariat. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Extraordinary Organs". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  5. ^ "検察庁の組織" [Structure of Public Prosecutors Office] (in Japanese). Public Prosecutors Office. Retrieved 13 February 2020.