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Naicho

The CIRO (Cabinet Information Research Office) or Naicho is a relatively small Japanese intelligence agency that reports directly to the prime minister.

Japan
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

North Korea
A Stand-In for Kim Jong-il?

Popping up again in Japan, the rumor that North Korea's leader is being replaced by a double has been doing the rounds ever since the communist nation was founded.

Subscribers only 10.09.2008

Spotlight | Europe, United States
Image Analysis Teachers Much in Demand

On sale since this February, pictures from the TErraSAR-X satellite operated by Infoterra have brought precise radar imagery (a ground resolution of less than 1 metre) within the reach of one and all. A country that doesn't have its own [.

Subscribers only 23.04.2008

Japan
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

Japan
Tokyo-Koike Runs into Wall at Ministry

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

Subscribers only 05.09.2007

Japan
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

Japan
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

North Korea
Diplomats Kept Under Close Watch

In step with a resumption of talks on North Korea's nuclear program, the Pyongyang regime has tightened clamps on its own diplomats abroad.

Subscribers only 22.03.2007

North Korea
A Secret Jaunt to Macau

According to intelligence sources in Hong Kong, Kim Jong-il paid a visit to Macau last autumn.

Subscribers only 08.02.2007

Japan
Under Bureaucratic Rule

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

Subscribers only 25.01.2007

Japan
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

Japan
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

Japan
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

Japan
Hideshi Mitani

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

Subscribers only 20.07.2006

Japan
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

Japan
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

Japan
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

France
Japanese Drop In On DST

A visit to Paris last week by Takashi Oizumi, director-general of the Japanese counter espionage service Public Security Investigation Agency [...]

Subscribers only 13.10.2005

Japan
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

China, Japan
Beijing Tests Offensive Capacity

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

Subscribers only 28.04.2005

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A Russian Mole in Naicho

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Tokyo-Koike Runs into Wall at Ministry

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Naicho Keeps Watch on Asian Elections

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Diplomats Kept Under Close Watch

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A Secret Jaunt to Macau

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Under Bureaucratic Rule

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New Public Security Chief

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A "Super Naicho" On The Way

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Good Marks for IAS Boss

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Hideshi Mitani

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Checking Government Codes

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Armenia, Azerbaijan, France Information wars in the Caucasus

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Naicho

Japan Glitches in Early Warning System

North Korea A Stand-In for Kim Jong-il?

Spotlight | Europe, United States Image Analysis Teachers Much in Demand

Japan A Russian Mole in Naicho

Japan Tokyo-Koike Runs into Wall at Ministry

Japan Men Who Rolled Up Red Army Retain Clout

Japan Naicho Keeps Watch on Asian Elections

North Korea Diplomats Kept Under Close Watch

North Korea A Secret Jaunt to Macau

Japan Under Bureaucratic Rule

Japan New Public Security Chief

Japan A "Super Naicho" On The Way

Japan Good Marks for IAS Boss

Japan Hideshi Mitani

Japan Checking Government Codes

Japan Tokyo May Take Cue from British

Japan New Intelligence Chiefs

France Japanese Drop In On DST

Japan Naicho's Race to Free Hostage

China, Japan Beijing Tests Offensive Capacity

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About Intelligence Online

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Intelligence Online on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Israel
Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Japan
Glitches in Early Warning System

North Korea
A Stand-In for Kim Jong-il?

Spotlight | Europe, United States
Image Analysis Teachers Much in Demand

Japan
A Russian Mole in Naicho

Japan
Tokyo-Koike Runs into Wall at Ministry

Japan
Men Who Rolled Up Red Army Retain Clout

Japan
Naicho Keeps Watch on Asian Elections

North Korea
Diplomats Kept Under Close Watch

North Korea
A Secret Jaunt to Macau

Japan
Under Bureaucratic Rule

Japan
New Public Security Chief

Japan
A "Super Naicho" On The Way

Japan
Good Marks for IAS Boss

Japan
Hideshi Mitani

Japan
Checking Government Codes

Japan
Tokyo May Take Cue from British

Japan
New Intelligence Chiefs

France
Japanese Drop In On DST

Japan
Naicho's Race to Free Hostage

China, Japan
Beijing Tests Offensive Capacity