警察庁
Meanings
1
National Police Agency; NPA
The national administrative body that oversees Japan's prefectural police forces.
The National Police Agency is the body that directs and supervises the prefectural police.
Usage patterns
- 警察庁が〈事〉を発表するfor the National Police Agency to announce something
The National Police Agency released this year's crime statistics.
- 警察庁が〈事〉を指示するfor the National Police Agency to issue instructions/directives
The National Police Agency instructed prefectural police forces on how to respond.