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Lifting Wraps on Military Intelligence

Japan's Defense Intelligence Headquarters (Nihon Joho Honbu) has just inaugurated its web site (www.jda.go.jp/join/dih/). For the moment it is only [...]

Subscribers only 20.04.2006

Japan Takes a "Nationalist" Turn

The sidelining of an intelligence specialist has shed light on a simmering feud between "nationalists" and "internationalists" in Japan.

Subscribers only 23.03.2006

The Last Red Army Fugitive

In late February the founder of Japan's Red Army was jailed for 20 years. Now the hunt has picked up for the last person still on the run following a hostage-taking episode at the French embassy in The Hague over 30 years.

Subscribers only 09.03.2006

Checking Government Codes

Buried for diplomatic reasons, the case of a cryptographer at the Japanese consulate in Shanghai who "committed suicide" in May, [...]

Subscribers only 23.02.2006

Top Marks for Japan's IAS

Overhauled a year ago, the intelligence and analysis unit of Japan's foreign ministry has won top marks.

Subscribers only 09.02.2006

A Peculiar Dual Technology Transfer

Yamaha Motors has been accused of illegally exporting dual-use equipment to China but it's hard to imagine Tokyo was unaware of what the company was up to.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 09.02.2006

Why China and Japan Kept Mum

It took a good 18 months for a scandal indirectly pitting Japan against China to suddenly surface: the suicide of an encoder at the Japanese consulate in Shanghai.

Subscribers only 12.01.2006

Tokyo May Take Cue from British

Over the past six months Japan has sent experts to Europe to question European intelligence aides on the best model to adopt in forming a central intelligence outfit: MI6, DGSE or BND?

Subscribers only 24.11.2005

New Intelligence Chiefs

A cabinet re-shuffle carried out by prime minister Junichiro Koizumi on Oct. 25 produced a government that is strongly nationalist [...]

Subscribers only 09.11.2005

Tokyo Stumbles in Fight Against SVR

Announced by the Tokyo police last week, the arrest of an employee of Toshiba once again underscores efforts by Russian intelligence to glean secrets in Japan.

Subscribers only 27.10.2005

MITI Invests in RFID

Speaking during a conference on radio frequency identification (RFID) at [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 13.10.2005

Differing Views on China's Power

The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Japan's Defense Intelligence Headquarters (DIH) appear to differ in their assessment of the Chinese armed forces.

Subscribers only 29.09.2005

Yakuzas Eyeing New Push in Europe?

The Japanese police expect the leading Yakuza organization Yamaguchi-Gumi to [...]

Subscribers only 15.09.2005

Japan to Snub American UAVs?

A new debate has cropped up concerning the independence of Japan's intelligence effort. A group within the Defense Agency is pushing Tokyo to build its own UAVs, without depending on the U.S.

Subscribers only 01.09.2005

Isao Mukunoki

As Intelligence Online reported (No. 504), general Isao Mukunoki took [...]

Subscribers only 28.07.2005

Seeking Wider SIGINT Independence?

Prime minister Junichiro Koizumi is expected to use an American request for Japanese troops to remain in Iraq as a [...]

Subscribers only 14.07.2005

Tokyo & Beijing Fight the Gangs

Despite their diplomatic differences, China and Japan signed two treaties organizing a joint battle against Japan's Yakuzas and Chinese triads on June 8.

Subscribers only 16.06.2005

Chinese Spy Ship

Japanese military intelligence identified and tracked a Chinese spy ship named Nandiao 441 between May 23 and June 6 at [...]

Subscribers only 16.06.2005

Naicho's Race to Free Hostage

Toshinori Kanemoto, the boss of Naicho, the Japanese prime minister's intelligence agency, is keeping a close eye on the fate [...]

Subscribers only 19.05.2005

Beijing Tests Offensive Capacity

Japanese intelligence agencies believe Japan was the target of an infowar attack by China.

Subscribers only 28.04.2005

Mole Handed Over Submarine Data

Japan's counter-espionage service arrested a 63-year-old engineer in mid-March on accusations of turning secret documents on a submarine over to Qingbaobu, China's military intelligence agency.

Subscribers only 14.04.2005

New Priorities for JETRO

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is reorganizing its ways of gleaning business intelligence along geo-strategic lines.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 31.03.2005

Japanese Deduct Bribes

In violation of the OECD Convention, Japan still allows private companies to deduct the bribes they pay abroad from their corporate tax bill.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 17.03.2005

Question Marks Over Next Spy Satellite

The H-2A rocket's success in lifting a meteorological observation satellite MTSAT-IR into orbit on Feb. 26 didn't entirely reassure the [...]

Subscribers only 03.03.2005

Spotlight
Japan Refuses to Cooperate with OECD

For the first time since the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention on the fight against corruption went into effect in 1997, the organization's Working Group that evaluates implementation of the agreement will declare itself unable to assess the compliance of one country [.

Subscribers only 17.02.2005

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All articles - Japan

Lifting Wraps on Military Intelligence

Japan Takes a "Nationalist" Turn

The Last Red Army Fugitive

Checking Government Codes

Top Marks for Japan's IAS

A Peculiar Dual Technology Transfer

Why China and Japan Kept Mum

Tokyo May Take Cue from British

New Intelligence Chiefs

Tokyo Stumbles in Fight Against SVR

MITI Invests in RFID

Differing Views on China's Power

Yakuzas Eyeing New Push in Europe?

Japan to Snub American UAVs?

Isao Mukunoki

Seeking Wider SIGINT Independence?

Tokyo & Beijing Fight the Gangs

Chinese Spy Ship

Naicho's Race to Free Hostage

Beijing Tests Offensive Capacity

Mole Handed Over Submarine Data

New Priorities for JETRO

Japanese Deduct Bribes

Question Marks Over Next Spy Satellite

Spotlight
Japan Refuses to Cooperate with OECD

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All articles - Japan

Lifting Wraps on Military Intelligence

Japan Takes a "Nationalist" Turn

The Last Red Army Fugitive

Checking Government Codes

Top Marks for Japan's IAS

A Peculiar Dual Technology Transfer

Why China and Japan Kept Mum

Tokyo May Take Cue from British

New Intelligence Chiefs

Tokyo Stumbles in Fight Against SVR

MITI Invests in RFID

Differing Views on China's Power

Yakuzas Eyeing New Push in Europe?

Japan to Snub American UAVs?

Isao Mukunoki

Seeking Wider SIGINT Independence?

Tokyo & Beijing Fight the Gangs

Chinese Spy Ship

Naicho's Race to Free Hostage

Beijing Tests Offensive Capacity

Mole Handed Over Submarine Data

New Priorities for JETRO

Japanese Deduct Bribes

Question Marks Over Next Spy Satellite

Spotlight Japan Refuses to Cooperate with OECD

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Intelligence Online on social media

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Japan Refuses to Cooperate with OECD