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An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2026
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
The move comes amid growing concerns about smart technology in the vehicles and the threat of spying.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara has said that a bilateral diplomatic protocol with Russia ensures the right to consular access within "a period of no later than four days from the time of arrest or detention."
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2026
Japan slams lack of access to journalist detained in Russia
Russia arrested a journalist from the Hokkaido Shimbun on the Far East island of Sakhalin a week ago on suspicion of espionage.
Some say Russia will seek a prisoner exchange following the recent detention of a Japanese journalist for alleged spying in Sakhalin in the Russian Far East.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2026
Russia may seek prisoner swap after detaining Japanese journalist
Some say the detention of the reporter is linked to the handover to Germany this month of a Russian hacker detained in Japan in May.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara says the government has not been able to contact the Japanese reporter detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2026
Japan denies spying after Russia arrests journalist
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday said the details of the accusations against the Hokkaido Shimbun reporter remained unclear.
A person identified by Russia's Federal Security Service as a Japanese journalist for the Hokkaido Shimbun, whom it has accused of espionage, is seen in this still image taken from video aired by the Rossiya-24 state TV channel and released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2026
Russia detains Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying
The Hokkaido Shimbun journalist was detained in the far eastern Sakhalin region, with Moscow accusing him of collecting defense-related information.
Students take part in a government intelligence job experience event organized by the Public Security Intelligence Agency in Tokyo last month. Faces have been obscured for privacy.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2026
Government intelligence job experience event receives overwhelming interest
The Public Security Intelligence Agency had sought around 15 participants for the Sept. 20 event?but received more than 200 applications.
August Hanning, former head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, in 2006. Hanning has been detained on suspicion of attempted treason.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2026
Former German spy chief arrested for attempted treason, obtaining state secrets
August Hanning is accused of paying for secret documents and using them in an analysis for a foreign spy service.
Policemen stand guard outside the Chinese Embassy in London on Oct. 18, 2015.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2026
U.K. accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech research
MI5 said more than 100 U.K.-based academics had contributed to projects funded by a group with “very strong ties” to Beijing intelligence.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a security hawk who is approaching the one-year mark as national leader, has prioritized bolstering 91AV原创 defenses against foreign influence as a policy goal.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2026
Takaichi launches intelligence panel, eyeing 91AV原创 own CIA
“Strengthening 91AV原创 intelligence capabilities is an urgent priority,” Takaichi said at the end of a closed-door meeting of the 17-member panel.
An F/A-18 Super Hornet is parked on the flight deck of USS George Washington aircraft carrier on Sept. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 19, 2026
Flawed AI-linked intel almost led U.S. to board China ship, report says
The operation was called off after officials determined that an AI chatbot used by an analyst had misidentified the material the ship was carrying.
U.S. Justice Department charges against five people working for Russia’s intelligence services offer a look at Moscow's efforts to kill Russian dissidents and threaten European and U.S. security.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2026
U.S. indictment alleges Russian global assassination network
The charges outline what the U.S. Justice Department alleges is Moscow’s effort to kill Russian dissidents and threaten European and U.S. security.
A wave of spyware infections, discovered in August after Apple notified people in 110 countries that they had likely been victims of mercenary spyware, marks the largest documented wave of such infections in Serbia to date.
WORLD
Sep 3, 2026
More than a dozen Serbians targeted with mercenary spyware
The incident offers a window into the use of powerful and invasive spyware aimed at students and political opposition members amid contentious elections.
Fake Japan police uniforms and ID cards seized during an online scam crackdown at the Phnom Penh Municipal Police Commissariat in Phnom Penh in March.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2026
Japanese police to upgrade intelligence department to bureau
The move comes in response to government efforts to enhance its intelligence functions, and in light of increasingly complex global circumstances.
The Nvidia Product Showcase at Computex 2026 in Taipei on June 3. Taiwanese prosecutors have indicted a senior Nvidia?manager as part of a group that allegedly smuggled advanced artificial intelligence?chips into China.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2026
Taiwan indicts Nvidia manager following chip-smuggling probe
Nvidia’s employee, named only as Chang, is alleged along with others to have organized the shipment of 74 servers containing high-end B300 chips to China via Japan and Indonesia.
New Zealand's security agency said in a report that a Chinese organization with close ties ?to the government in Beijing had sought to install ground-based space infrastructure in the country through a local company.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 13, 2026
Chinese state-linked observatory sought New Zealand site, spy agency says
China was the only country detected to have been conducting espionage “at scale,” according to a report from New Zealand’s security agency.
The "Miked" or "M" room, a secret World War II British intelligence listening facility, is pictured inside the new Trent Park Museum, after its recent opening in Enfield, north London, on July 29.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2026
U.K. mansion where ‘listeners’ spied on Nazi generals becomes museum
Trent Park, a country house north of London, had been turned into a camp for high-ranking German prisoners of war during World War II.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi discusses cybersecurity in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 31, 2026
Japan launches National Intelligence Bureau in bid to streamline intelligence
For Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who has sought to modernize 91AV原创 intelligence system, the upgrade represents a political win and the foundation for a broader overhaul.
Seagulls fly above a bay on Shikotan Island, one of four islands known as the Northern Territories in Japan.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2026
Russia to name Northern Territories island after Soviet spy Sorge
Moscow is expected to soon formally approve the decision to name an uninhabited island in the Lesser Kurils after the spy who operated in Japan before the Pacific War.
Liberal Democratic Party executives meet in Tokyo on July 13.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2026
LDP eyes new tools to counter foreign spies and disinformation
The ruling party’s policy panel proposes new laws against illicit foreign interference, broader intelligence-gathering powers and an independent foreign intelligence agency.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday. She has seen the establishment of a new national intelligence bureau as a first step for the country's intelligence reform.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2026
Kazuya Hara named head of new national intelligence bureau
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has seen the establishment of the bureau as a first step for the country’s intelligence reform.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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