Intelligence

Defense Intelligence Headquarters

情報本部

Security domain
Intelligence
What it is
headquarters · agency (level 3)
Founded
1997
Statutory basis
Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Defense (Act No. 164 of 1954)
Public mandate
Collects, analyses and disseminates defence-related intelligence for the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces as the ministry's central intelligence organ.
Acknowledged by
Official website (official site)
Active headcount
1,936 (2025) official, medium confidence
Civilian
738
Headcount source
Ministry of Defense, Integrated Information Warfare briefing
Website
www.mod.go.jp/dih
Identifiers
factbase.org/org/PVSRS8QB47 · Q2915133