Shigeru Kitamura

Shigeru Kitamura is the current head of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, a Japanese intelligence agency.[1][2]

Shigeru Kitamura
Nationality	Japan
Occupation	Head of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office
Years active	2011–

History

Shigeru joined the National Police Agency in 1980, serving as the head in Tokushima Prefecture, chief of its Security Division, and Director of the Foreign Affairs Division.[3] He was in charge of the police response to cases of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens.[3] In October 2018, he met with his North Korean counterparts from the United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea in Mongolia to discuss the abduction issue.[4]

References

1. Gallagher, Ryan; Noguchi, Ed (May 19, 2018). "The Untold Story of Japan's Secret Spy Agency". Archived from the original on May 21, 2018. A third organization, called the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Organization, or CIRO, is the ultimate beneficiary of intelligence that is collected. Headed by a powerful figure named Shigeru Kitamura, it oversees the work of both the directorate and J6 and is connected to the prime minister’s office, based out of a building known as “H20,” a short walk from the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo’s Chiyoda district.
2. "Abductee families concerned over death of Kim's half brother". Manila Shimbun. February 15, 2017. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiro Sugita and also attended by Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobukatsu Kanehara, Shotaro Yachi, head of the secretariat of Japan’s National Security Council, and Shigeru Kitamura, director of cabinet intelligence.
3. United States Department of State (October 12, 2006). "DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/06". WikiLeaks. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
4. Kyodo News (October 19, 2018). "Japan, North Korea intelligence officials held secret meeting in October in Mongolia". The Japan Times.