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Japan is launching its first centralized intelligence agency since WWII
- Japan is launching the National Intelligence Bureau, its first centralized intelligence agency since World War II, to replace fragmented intelligence structures and improve national security.
- The new bureau will be overseen by the National Intelligence Council, headed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and will require various ministries to share intelligence information.
- Japan's intelligence weaknesses have allowed foreign spies, including from Russia, to exploit its systems, prompting urgency for reform.
- The intelligence reforms are controversial, raising concerns about privacy, potential human rights infringements, and lack of democratic oversight, with critics warning of risks without sufficient checks and balances.
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Japan has established a new intelligence agency after The New York Times reported earlier this month that the country had become a haven for Russian spies. The new intelligence agency is intended to better protect the country against such threats. Several countries, including Germany and the United States, had already called on Japan to set up such a service.
·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The new body will coordinate intelligence from the police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence of Japan.
·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right7Center15Last UpdatedBias Distribution54% Center
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