Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office

Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO)
内閣情報調査室
Naikaku Jōhō Chōsashitsu (Naichō)
Seal of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office
Agency overview
Formed1986 (CIRO establishment)
Preceding agencies
  • Research Office (1952)
  • Cabinet Research Chamber/Cabinet Research Office (1957)
JurisdictionGovernment of Japan
HeadquartersNagatacho, Tokyo, Japan
Employees170–175
Agency executive
  • Kazuya Hara, Director of Cabinet Intelligence
Parent agencyCabinet Secretariat
Websitewww.cas.go.jp/jp/gaiyou/jimu/jyouhoutyousa.html (in Japanese)

The Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (内閣情報調査室, Naikaku Jōhō Chōsashitsu), also known as Naichō (内調), is the national civilian intelligence agency under the Japanese Cabinet Secretariat tasked with collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world.

As a principal member of the Japanese intelligence community, the CIRO reports directly to the Prime Minister of Japan. Its operations are mandated through the Cabinet Law.

The agency is said to be equivalent to the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Like most intelligence agencies in Japan, its personnel are usually recruited from other agencies. Around 100 out of 170 CIRO agents are from other agencies/ministries with top positions occupied by career police officers. The CIRO frequently works with the National Security Council (NSCJ) as a communication channel to the prime minister.

The CIRO is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, in a building called "H20".

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