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Japan Backs Away from Afghanistan

Japan's self-defense forces are unlikely to commit themselves to Kabul. Tokyo's military intelligence service has warned against it in the past month.

Subscribers only 27.08.2008

A Strange Go-Between with Chinese Intelligence

On July 1, general Chen Xiaogong, supervisor of the People’s Liberation Army’s military intelligence wing, received a delegation from the [...]

Subscribers only 23.07.2008

Will U.S. Call Intelligence Shots?

Japan's rapid reaction force (Chuo Sokuo Shudan or Central Readiness Force: CRF), a reconnaissance and intelligence unit answering to the [...]

Subscribers only 26.03.2008

A Russian Mole in Naicho

The Tokyo police force's Public Security Bureau last week handed prosecutors the results of a preliminary inquiry into an official [...]

Subscribers only 30.01.2008

Honey Trap in Beijing

General Isao Mukunoki, director of the Japanese military agency Defense Intelligence Headquarters, sent a security team to Beijing last week [...]

Subscribers only 16.01.2008

Tokyo-Koike Runs into Wall at Ministry

Replaced last week as defence minister by Masahiko Komura, Yuriko [...]

Subscribers only 05.09.2007

Musical Chairs in Military Intelligence

The appointment of Yuriko Koike as Japan's defense minister has triggered a shuffle in the intelligence community.

Free access 19.07.2007

Koancho Comes Under Fire

The involvement of a former director of Japan's counter-espionage agency (Koancho) in an affair concerning Pyongyang could have far-reaching consequences for the entire service.

Subscribers only 21.06.2007

Men Who Rolled Up Red Army Retain Clout

In late April one of the last members of Japan's Red Army (Nihon Sekigun) still on the run, Yu Kikumura, [...]

Subscribers only 07.06.2007

Naicho Keeps Watch on Asian Elections

Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s intelligence bureau, Naicho, has beefed up its staff in the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan [...]

Subscribers only 24.05.2007

Navy Hunts for Chinese Moles

Japan's naval security service is looking into the strong possibility that Chinese intelligence has penetrated the country's self-defense force.

Subscribers only 10.05.2007

Fight for Biggest Say in Intelligence

Japan's future National Security Council (NSC) is stirring fierce rivalry between government departments even before it is formally created. The [...]

Subscribers only 19.04.2007

Investigative Firm in Public Relations Alliance

Kroll has joined forces with a public relations agency in the wake of the acquisition of the financial communications concern [...]

Subscribers only 08.03.2007

New Military Intelligence Agency

Japan's self-defence forces will have a 2,200-strong intelligence unit by 2009. A first force of 600 personnel will join a [...]

Subscribers only 25.01.2007

Under Bureaucratic Rule

The Japanese government will shortly present its plan to form [...]

Subscribers only 25.01.2007

First Moves to Form a National Security Council

Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has just set up a 14-member task force to examine forming a National Security Council next spring.

Free access 23.11.2006

Story Behind Abe-Jintao Summit

The summit meeting between Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and Chinese president Hu Jintao on Oct. 8 had been prepared to the last detail by underlings.

Subscribers only 19.10.2006

New Public Security Chief

In what could be viewed as a symbol, a legislator from Hiroshima, Kensei Mizote, has been named chairman of the [...]

Subscribers only 05.10.2006

A "Super Naicho" On The Way

Japan's future prime minister, Shinzo Abe, intends to revamp the top echelons of his country's intelligence community.

Subscribers only 21.09.2006

Keeping an Eye on North Korea

As soon as he is officially named Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe is expected to step up intelligence operations targeting China and North Korea.

Subscribers only 07.09.2006

Good Marks for IAS Boss

Haruhisa Takeuchi, the new, 54-year-old chief of the Japanese foreign ministry’s Intelligence & Analysis Service (IAS: Kokusaijoho Katsukan), has apparently [...]

Subscribers only 24.08.2006

Hideshi Mitani

The new flare-up in the Middle East and the launch [...]

Subscribers only 20.07.2006

Hashimoto and the Chinese Spy

Prodded by the Americans, Japan's counter-intelligence agency is seeking to shed light on an espionage affair involving a former prime minister.

Subscribers only 06.07.2006

Still a Blind Eye to Commissions

The first country to refuse to honor its obligations in the OECD Convention on bribery, Japan remains reticent about punishing its multinationals which pay commissions abroad.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 06.07.2006

How to Fend off Foreign Spies

The Japanese foreign ministry (Gaimusho) has just issued a guidebook to its diplomats on how to thwart overtures by foreign intelligence operatives.

Subscribers only 22.06.2006

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All articles - Japan

Japan Backs Away from Afghanistan

A Strange Go-Between with Chinese Intelligence

Will U.S. Call Intelligence Shots?

A Russian Mole in Naicho

Honey Trap in Beijing

Tokyo-Koike Runs into Wall at Ministry

Musical Chairs in Military Intelligence

Koancho Comes Under Fire

Men Who Rolled Up Red Army Retain Clout

Naicho Keeps Watch on Asian Elections

Navy Hunts for Chinese Moles

Fight for Biggest Say in Intelligence

Investigative Firm in Public Relations Alliance

New Military Intelligence Agency

Under Bureaucratic Rule

First Moves to Form a National Security Council

Story Behind Abe-Jintao Summit

New Public Security Chief

A "Super Naicho" On The Way

Keeping an Eye on North Korea

Good Marks for IAS Boss

Hideshi Mitani

Hashimoto and the Chinese Spy

Still a Blind Eye to Commissions

How to Fend off Foreign Spies

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All articles - Japan

Japan Backs Away from Afghanistan

A Strange Go-Between with Chinese Intelligence

Will U.S. Call Intelligence Shots?

A Russian Mole in Naicho

Honey Trap in Beijing

Tokyo-Koike Runs into Wall at Ministry

Musical Chairs in Military Intelligence

Koancho Comes Under Fire

Men Who Rolled Up Red Army Retain Clout

Naicho Keeps Watch on Asian Elections

Navy Hunts for Chinese Moles

Fight for Biggest Say in Intelligence

Investigative Firm in Public Relations Alliance

New Military Intelligence Agency

Under Bureaucratic Rule

First Moves to Form a National Security Council

Story Behind Abe-Jintao Summit

New Public Security Chief

A "Super Naicho" On The Way

Keeping an Eye on North Korea

Good Marks for IAS Boss

Hideshi Mitani

Hashimoto and the Chinese Spy

Still a Blind Eye to Commissions

How to Fend off Foreign Spies

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