Criminal Code (外事警察, Gaiji Keisatsu)[1] is a Japanese television drama mini-series that aired on NHK from 14 November 2009 to 19 December 2009.
[3] The TV show follow a female police officer who was recruited into the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorist black ops unit known "publicly" as the Fourth Foreign Affairs Section, created after the 9/11 events in the United States.
After the September 11, 2001 attacks on American soil, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department creates a secret anti-terrorist division within the Public Security Bureau, known as the Fourth Foreign Affairs Section,[4] in order to tackle crime, espionage and terrorism cases to preserve Japan's national security by doing black ops work to locate and apprehend spies and terrorist suspects.
The unit recruits a new officer named Hina Matsuzawa, who wishes to become a full-time detective.
[4] Fourth Foreign Affairs Section Others On October 17, 2009, a press conference was held with Atsuro Watanabe, Yuriko Ishida and Machiko Ono attending and answering questions from the press regarding the show.