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Japan Coast Guard 海上保安庁 Kaijō Hoan-chō
S-Mark
Japan Coast Guard ensign
Abbreviation
JCG
Motto
正義仁愛 Righteous Benevolence
Agency overview
Formed
1948; 76 years ago (1948) (as the Maritime Safety Agency) April 2000; 24 years ago (2000-04) (as the Japan Coast Guard)
Employees
13,744[1]
Annual budget
210,601,000,000 yen[1]
Jurisdictional structure
National agency (Operations jurisdiction)
Japan
Operations jurisdiction
Japan
Legal jurisdiction
Maritime law enforcement within Japan's EEZ
Governing body
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Operational structure
Headquarters
2-1-3, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8976, Japan 35°40′33″N139°45′00″E / 35.67583°N 139.75000°E / 35.67583; 139.75000
Agency executive
Takahiro Okushima[2], Commandant
Child agency
Japan Coast Guard Academy
Facilities
Numbered regions
11
Ships
379
Fixed wings
25
Rotary wings
46
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).
^ ab"Japan Coast Guard Justice and Humanity" (PDF). Japan Coast Guard. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
^"JCG Organization". kaiho.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
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