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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

Shinichi Asazuma

Shinichi Asazuma has been leading a schizophrenic existence since the [...]

Subscribers only 30.03.2011

Naicho's key role in post-quake days

In the hours and days since the giant tsunami struck north-east Japan on March 11, Yukio Endano, chief-of-staff to prime [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 16.03.2011

Yusuke Koyama

Yusuke Koyama, number two man in Control Risks Group' office [...]

Subscribers only 16.03.2011

Ex-prosecutor heads counter-espionage

The Koancho, Japan's once-threatened counter-intelligence service, has a new director.

Subscribers only 02.03.2011

Japan’s Wikileak-style scandal

A book containing hundreds of files on suspects compiled by the Keisicho Koanbu, the security bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan [...]

Subscribers only Operations 01.12.2010

Democrats against external intelligence service

Naoto Kan, Japan’s Democratic Prime Minister who came to office [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 06.10.2010

Shinichi Uematsu

Shinichi Uematsu, the new head of the Prime Minister's Cabinet [...]

Subscribers only 07.07.2010

Irofumi Hirano

Irofumi Hirano, who is to be named chief of staff [...]

Subscribers only 16.09.2009

Reshuffling the Intelligence Deck

The landslide victory of Yukio Hotoyama’s Democratic Party in Japan is likely to bring changes to the country’s intelligence community. [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 02.09.2009

Yukio Hatoyama

Yukio Hatoyama, the new Japanese prime minister, hinted on several [...]

Subscribers only 02.09.2009

Kiyoshi Araki

Kiyoshi Araki, an ambassador in charge of the fight against [...]

Subscribers only 29.07.2009

Glitches in Early Warning System

Japan's Crisis Management Center went completely out of whack early this month when it announced the launch of a North [...]

Subscribers only 15.04.2009

Mitsubishi Takes on Former British Ambassador

Leaving the Foreign Office last July, Britain's former ambassador to Japan, Graham Fry, has been named a consultant to the [...]

Subscribers only 15.04.2009

Koji Shimohira

Appointed chief of staff of the Japanese air force in [...]

Subscribers only 04.02.2009

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All articles - Japan

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
CAC 40 companies head for trouble spots

Shinichi Asazuma

Naicho's key role in post-quake days

Yusuke Koyama

Ex-prosecutor heads counter-espionage

Japan’s Wikileak-style scandal

Democrats against external intelligence service

Shinichi Uematsu

Irofumi Hirano

Reshuffling the Intelligence Deck

Yukio Hatoyama

Kiyoshi Araki

Glitches in Early Warning System

Mitsubishi Takes on Former British Ambassador

Koji Shimohira

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All articles - Japan

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 CAC 40 companies head for trouble spots

Shinichi Asazuma

Naicho's key role in post-quake days

Yusuke Koyama

Ex-prosecutor heads counter-espionage

Japan’s Wikileak-style scandal

Democrats against external intelligence service

Shinichi Uematsu

Irofumi Hirano

Reshuffling the Intelligence Deck

Yukio Hatoyama

Kiyoshi Araki

Glitches in Early Warning System

Mitsubishi Takes on Former British Ambassador

Koji Shimohira

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About Intelligence Online

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CAC 40 companies head for trouble spots