Japan Coast Guard

Japan Coast Guard
海上保安庁
Kaijō Hoan-chō
S-Mark
S-Mark
Japan Coast Guard ensign
Japan Coast Guard ensign
AbbreviationJCG
Motto正義仁愛
Righteous Benevolence
Agency overview
Formed1948; 76 years ago (1948) (as the Maritime Safety Agency)
April 2000; 24 years ago (2000-04) (as the Japan Coast Guard)
Employees13,744[1]
Annual budget210,601,000,000 yen[1]
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
Japan
Operations jurisdictionJapan
Legal jurisdictionMaritime law enforcement within Japan's EEZ
Governing bodyMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Operational structure
Headquarters2-1-3, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8976, Japan
35°40′33″N 139°45′00″E / 35.67583°N 139.75000°E / 35.67583; 139.75000
Agency executive
Child agency
Facilities
Numbered regions11
Ships379
Fixed wings26
Rotary wings46
Website
Official website (in Japanese)
Official website (in English)

The Japan Coast Guard (Japanese: 海上保安庁, Hepburn: Kaijō Hoan-chō) is the coast guard responsible for the protection of the coastline of Japan under the oversight of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It consists of about 13,700 personnel. The Japan Coast Guard was founded in 1948 as the Maritime Safety Agency and received its current English name in 2000.

The motto of the Japan Coast Guard is "Righteous Benevolence" (正義仁愛, Seigi Jin'ai).

  1. ^ a b "Japan Coast Guard Justice and Humanity" (PDF). Japan Coast Guard. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "JCG Organization". kaiho.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved June 14, 2021.