情じょう報ほう局きょく

noun

intelligence agency; intelligence bureau

General term for an organization that gathers and analyzes intelligence. Used for both domestic and foreign agencies.

• その情じょう報ほう局きょくは国こく際さい的てきなテロ対たい策さくを担たん当とうしている。

  That intelligence agency is in charge of international counter-terrorism.

noun

Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945)

Historical abbreviation for 内閣情報局, the Cabinet Intelligence Bureau that existed during World War II.

See also: 内閣情報局

• 戦せん時じ中ちゅう、情じょう報ほう局きょくはプロパガンダを統とう制せいしていた。

  During the war, the Cabinet Intelligence Bureau controlled propaganda.