Superintendent General of Police - Keishisoukan

Japanese: 警視総監 - ケイシソウカン

Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Department. He supervises the affairs of the Metropolitan Police Department under the supervision of the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Safety Commission. Appointments and dismissals are made by the National Public Safety Commission with the consent of the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Safety Commission and the approval of the Prime Minister. → Chief of Police
[Additional information] Superintendent General is both a job title and a police officer rank. It ranks above superintendent generals and is the highest rank for police officers as defined by the Police Law. There is only one position available. It is a general-grade national civil servant. However, the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, who oversees the National Police Agency, the national police agency, ranks higher than the Superintendent General (the Police Law does not specify the rank of the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency).

Insignia of the Superintendent General of Police

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:

警視庁の長官。東京都公安委員会の管理の下に警視庁の事務を統括する。任免は、国家公安委員会が都公安委員会の同意を得、内閣総理大臣の承認を得て行う。→警察本部長
[補説]警視総監は職名であると同時に警察官の階級の一つでもある。警視監の上に位し、警察法の定める警察官の階級では最上位。定員は1人。一般職の国家公務員。ただし、国の警察機関である警察庁を統括する警察庁長官の方が警視総監よりも上位である（警察法では警察庁長官の階級は規定していない）。

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