Japan is building a new intelligence agency with help from the West
The new agency will centralize intelligence work and start with hundreds of software, cybersecurity and liaison staff, officials said.
- Japan is establishing its first central intelligence agency since World War II with assistance from allies in the West, marking a significant strategic shift in national security operations.
- The Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi launched this initiative to strengthen national security against espionage and cyberattacks, driven by regional tensions with China and North Korea.
- Japanese officials are consulting with the United States, Germany, and Australia on technology and staffing; the agency will be operational by December with a budget of around $407 million.
- The New York Times reported that Russia is conducting dozens of espionage operations within Japan; the agency will recruit hundreds of cybersecurity experts to counter these threats.
- Richard Samuels, a political science professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, called the move a "giant step" toward an integrated intelligence community since World War.
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The government will establish a centralized intelligence service that Japan has not had since the Second World War, and Tokyo has sought assistance from the US, Australia, and Germany.
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