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Posted on 08/02/2026 1:01:43 PM PDT by Twotone
Japan is launching a new centralized intelligence body for the first time since World War II – a controversial move that some fear deviates from Tokyo’s pacifist ideals, but one others say is much needed in a country so riddled with security weaknesses it has been called a “paradise for spies.”
The National Intelligence Bureau will formally launch on Friday, replacing previous structures criticized as disjointed and ineffective – and laying the foundation, experts say, for broader changes that could include an anti-spy law and a new external foreign intelligence agency similar to the CIA in the US, or MI6 in the UK.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi nodded to these ambitions on Monday, saying: “These measures are merely the first step in intelligence reform.”
“As we look at the increasingly unstable global situation, it is imperative that we address new methods of warfare,” she said.
Takaichi has spearheaded these efforts since she was elected last October. A staunch conservative, she has advocated stronger security and defense, and supports revising Japan’s pacifist constitution.
Her administration has reached out to its Western partners, including the US, Australia and Germany, for advice on strengthening its intelligence capabilities, reported The New York Times in July, citing people familiar with the matter. What is the new National Intelligence Bureau?
Until now, Japan’s main intelligence body has been the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO), which has about 700 employees but holds little authority.
Other intelligence teams in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Defense, the National Police Agency, and other branches all gather information but often fail to share intelligence in a cohesive or strategic way, said James D.J. Brown, a professor of political science at Temple University’s Japan campus...
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If they wield Samurai swords, this might work.
I can’t stand the Chicoms as much as anyone. Having worked extensively with Japanese for six years, I’m not sure remilitarizing them as a counterweight to Peking is necessarily a good idea. Just my two cents. Thanks.
Japan has damn good reason to be afraid of China,Russia *and* North Korea.
See Post #4
Thanks.
Japs will need it after Muslims take over.
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