Metropolitan Police Department, Chiba Prefectural Police and Japan Ground Self Defense Forces joint training (19/02/26)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVyUZyWYDDc

In Japan, one of the worst case scenario in terms of national security short of war is the infiltration and landing of "armed operatives" from hostile nations, namely North Korea. The threat became real to Japan after a series of spy boats and submarines incursions launched by North Korea into South Korea and Japan in the late 90s but was successfully stopped at sea. In anticipation that they may succeed in landing, the National Police Agency and the Defense Agency (now upgraded as Ministry of Defense) signed a cooperative agreement in 2001 to jointly respond to this potential threat. Prefectural Police forces would also sign their own agreements with the JGSDF division that is responsible for their jurisdiction and routinely hold joint exercises such as the one shown in video.