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Spotlight | Japan
Japan's imagery shortfall undermines monitoring of Russia-China action around Kuril Islands

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The current compartmentalisation of Japan's intelligence services that have Earth observation capacities is hampering the government's aims to keep a close watch of Russian and Chinese movements around the Kuril Islands and the China Sea. Options to draw on the private sector are still shaky.

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