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Prime minister gets more spies

Currently in the midst of a standoff with China, Japan's PM is bolstering his intelligence-gathering apparatus.

Subscribers only 04.12.2013

An inventory of Chinese UAVs

Japan's military intelligence is drawing up an inventory of all the drones used by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA).

Subscribers only 23.10.2013

The Koancho

The Koancho, Japan's police intelligence and security agency, is on [...]

Subscribers only 10.04.2013

More protection for Japanese expats

Since the death of nine Japanese workers in the hostage crisis at Algeria’s In Amenas gas facility in January, Mari [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 13.03.2013

Twin spy-satellites mystery

Japan sent two intelligence satellites into orbit from the space centre on Tanegashima Island on January 27. This comes at [...]

Subscribers only Defence 30.01.2013

Hideshi Mitani

Hideshi Mitani, who headed the Naicho, the Japanese prime minister's [...]

Subscribers only 02.01.2013

Spies celebrate Abe's comeback

Japan's intelligence community is delighted that the country's conservative Liberal [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 02.01.2013

Osamu Imai

Osamu Imai, who is in charge of international anti-terrorism cooperation [...]

Subscribers only 14.11.2012

External intelligence invisible

In the absence of a fully-fledged Japanese external intelligence agency, intelligence gathering beyond the country's borders is left to the foreign ministry and the prime minister's office.

Subscribers only 17.10.2012

Freeh bats for Wynn in Japan

Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada filed a suit for defamation in [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 05.09.2012

Warning about Aum sect holdouts

Michiaki Ozaki, boss of Japan's domestic security agency (Kôanchô in [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 04.07.2012

Fukushima's Chinese spy

Japanese counter-intelligence is investigating an agent who hails from one of the Chinese intelligence world's most mysterious services.

Subscribers only 20.06.2012

Shigeru Kitamura

Shigeru Kitamura, the new head of the Naicho, has met [...]

Subscribers only 09.05.2012

The Naicho

The Naicho, the Japanese prime minister's intelligence service, suffered a [...]

Subscribers only 09.05.2012

Intelligence pact with Seoul

The failed North Korean rocket launch that was the part [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 25.04.2012

The emperor's spy

Anti-terrorism specialist Takaji Kunimatsu has taken over as the new head of the Imperial House of Japan's intelligence service.

Subscribers only 04.04.2012

NPA turns to China in hacking probe

In a move clearly designed to embarrass the Chinese, the cybercrime division of Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) has asked [...]

Subscribers only Operations 07.12.2011

Soldiers spy on Seoul

The South Korean intelligence services always assumed that the Chosen Joho Senta, the Japanese Defence Directorate’s (Nihon Johonbu) centre for [...]

Subscribers only Operations 27.07.2011

Tandy Matsuda

Tandy Matsuda, who has spent most of her career with [...]

Subscribers only 15.06.2011

The president’s geisha

The Centre Exterieur du Renseignement Francais, a fictitious equivalent of [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 01.06.2011

Totem deal with Sidney

Japan and Australia are to establish an intelligence-sharing agreement to counteract China's growing activism.

Subscribers only 27.04.2011

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CAC 40 companies head for trouble spots

Could France's lead role in the Libyan intervention open doors in the country for French industry? In the 1990s, the French defence ministry followed the example of the Pentagon 's Civil-Military Co-operation and established a cell whose role was to [.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 27.04.2011

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All articles - Japan

Prime minister gets more spies

An inventory of Chinese UAVs

The Koancho

More protection for Japanese expats

Twin spy-satellites mystery

Hideshi Mitani

Spies celebrate Abe's comeback

Osamu Imai

External intelligence invisible

Freeh bats for Wynn in Japan

Warning about Aum sect holdouts

Fukushima's Chinese spy

Shigeru Kitamura

The Naicho

Intelligence pact with Seoul

The emperor's spy

NPA turns to China in hacking probe

Soldiers spy on Seoul

Tandy Matsuda

The president’s geisha

Totem deal with Sidney

Spotlight | France/LIBYA/JAPAN
CAC 40 companies head for trouble spots

Shinichi Asazuma

Naicho's key role in post-quake days

Yusuke Koyama

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All articles - Japan

Prime minister gets more spies

An inventory of Chinese UAVs

The Koancho

More protection for Japanese expats

Twin spy-satellites mystery

Hideshi Mitani

Spies celebrate Abe's comeback

Osamu Imai

External intelligence invisible

Freeh bats for Wynn in Japan

Warning about Aum sect holdouts

Fukushima's Chinese spy

Shigeru Kitamura

The Naicho

Intelligence pact with Seoul

The emperor's spy

NPA turns to China in hacking probe

Soldiers spy on Seoul

Tandy Matsuda

The president’s geisha

Totem deal with Sidney

Spotlight | France/LIBYA/JAPAN CAC 40 companies head for trouble spots

Shinichi Asazuma

Naicho's key role in post-quake days

Yusuke Koyama

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