川出敏宏（右）在东京于9月24日向国家警察厅总务局长森本义之提交专家小组提案。
Toshihiro Kawaide (right), chair of a National Police Agency expert panel, presents its proposal to Yoshiyuki Morimoto, head of the NPA commissioner-general's secretariat, in Tokyo on Sept. 24.
政府周五批准了一项修改警察职责定义法律的法案，以允许警员远程访问和分析与犯罪活动相关的通信设备，旨在防止人们成为匿名且松散组织的犯罪团伙“特流”的受害者。
| JIJI The government on Friday approved a bill to amend the law defining police duties to allow officers to remotely access and analyze communications devices linked to criminal activity, aiming to prevent people falling victim to the anonymous and loosely organized criminal groups known as tokuryū.
该措施将使警方能够通过获取目标设备的信息来识别欺诈、抢劫及其他犯罪的计划，并利用这些信息预防犯罪。
The measure would enable police to identify plans for fraud, robbery and other crimes by obtaining information from targeted devices and use it to prevent offenses.
如果在当前议会会期期间通过，修订后的法律将在公布后六个月内生效。
If enacted during the current parliamentary session, the amended law would take effect within six months of its promulgation.