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Melissa Abbate

MFP Year

2022-2023

MFP Class

Home Agencies

Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice

Host Agencies

National Police Agency (NPA), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan Coast Guard, Ministry of Justice, Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Ministry of Finance, Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO), National Personnel Authority (NPA), Office of Hon. Rui Matsukawa, National Diet

Objective

Add additional context to FBI’s Legal Attache presence in Japan to facilitate a stronger and smoother relationship between the FBI and Japanese partner agencies, enhance the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division and FBI’s International Operations Division information sharing, and apply any lessons learned to ultimately protect US information.