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Takaichi's intelligence reform looks to international cooperation to fix its flaws

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and French President Emmanuel Macron in Tokyo, on 2 April 2026.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and French President Emmanuel Macron in Tokyo, on 2 April 2026. © Kyodo/MaxPPP
In their reports submitted on the eve of Japan's intelligence reform, the country's ruling party and the House of Councillors' Research Office strongly emphasised the need to draw on foreign expertise given Japanese intelligence agencies' serious shortcomings. Alongside Five Eyes, France is regularly cited as a model. [...]
Reading time 3 minutes Jérémy André

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