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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

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

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

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

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All articles - Japan

New Military Intelligence Agency

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

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?

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All articles - Japan

New Military Intelligence Agency

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

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?

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