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Bodyguard Hire in Tokyo

Security Business Law-licensed close protection officers in Tokyo. CPO cover for corporate executives, visiting dignitaries, and HNWI principals across Minato, Chiyoda, and Shinjuku.

Tokyo is one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas and Japan’s political, financial, and cultural centre. By virtually any international crime metric, it is among the safest major cities on earth for business visitors. CPO demand in Tokyo is therefore defined almost entirely by specific principal profiles and threat categories rather than ambient risk: visiting senior officials and their private security requirements, HNWI and UHNWI visitors for the art market and private banking, corporate executives in sectors with specific intelligence exposure, and international executives who maintain a home-market security standard when travelling.

The Security Business Law framework

Japan’s Security Business Law (Keibigyo Ho, 1972, as amended) governs all commercial security work in Japan. Security companies register with the National Public Safety Commission, and individual CPOs performing personal protection (Jintai Keigo) must be trained to the Commission’s specified curriculum. This framework applies to all commercial close protection in Tokyo regardless of the nationality of the principal or the CPO.

The Tokyo CPO operating context

Tokyo CPO engagements are characterised by: ultra-low ambient crime requiring minimal physical threat counter-protocols; high cultural and language competency requirements for effective operation in the venue environment; specific protocol awareness for diplomatic and government-adjacent engagements; and the intelligence-environment considerations relevant to executives in Japan’s most sensitive commercial sectors.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Tokyo’s ambient crime rate for foreign visitors is exceptionally low by any international comparison. CPO engagement in Tokyo serves a specific market: visiting heads of government and senior diplomatic figures for whom close-in CPO cover complements the official protocol security; HNWI visiting for the art market, luxury goods acquisition, or wealth management meetings; corporate executives in defence, technology, or pharmaceutical sectors with specific intelligence exposure relevant to Japan’s industrial and political environment; and executives from higher-risk markets who maintain their home-market security standard when travelling.

Jintai Keigo (personal protection security) is the formal designation for close protection work under Japan’s Security Business Law. CPOs performing Jintai Keigo must complete training specified by the National Public Safety Commission, which covers threat assessment, principal handling, vehicle procedures, and emergency response. The employing security company must be registered with the National Public Safety Commission under the Security Business Law. Verification of a company’s registration and its CPOs’ Jintai Keigo qualification is the primary due diligence step.

For most corporate visitors to Tokyo, there are no material personal security threats. For the specific principal categories that engage CPOs in Tokyo, the relevant considerations include: corporate espionage targeting executives in specific sectors (defence, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, automotive); the political intelligence environment surrounding high-level commercial negotiations with Japanese government-adjacent entities; and for visiting senior officials, the protocol security requirements of the Japanese government’s Security Police and Foreign Ministry. Physical threat risk is very low.

A Security Business Law-registered Jintai Keigo CPO in Tokyo ranges from approximately JPY 80,000 to JPY 180,000 per day per officer as at June 2026 (approximately GBP 420 to GBP 950). Japanese CPO rates reflect the high cost of operating in Tokyo, the specific Jintai Keigo training requirements, and the premium market served. Longer engagements and multi-principal team configurations are structured on a retainer basis.
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