About the Public Security Intelligence Agency
In accordance with the Subversive Activities Prevention Act and the Act Regarding the Control of Organizations Which Committed Indiscriminate Mass Murder and in line with its responsibility to ensure public security, the Public Security Intelligence Agency carries out surveillance of Aum Shinrikyo. The Agency is also engaged in gathering and analyzing intelligence relating to both internal and external situations that could affect public security of Japan, including the activities of domestic organizations, international terrorism, and foreign countries, particularly the neighboring ones including North Korea, China, and Russia. As a core member of the Japanese intelligence community, the Agency contributes to the formulation of government policy through the provision of intelligence.