Japan has acknowledged the need to enhance its counterintelligence capabilities due to reports that Russia has exploited the country's weak espionage laws to operate as a hub for intelligence gathering and procurement of dual-use technology.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/14/japan-espionage-russia-den-of-spies. "Japan has said it recognised the need to counter #foreign #intelligence better after the #NewYork Times reported that #Russia had turned the country into a 'den of #spies' & key source of #weapons #components. The #newspaper, in an #investigation published on Sunday, reported that thanks to 'weak #espionage laws', #Moscow was using #Japan as a key hub for intelligence gathering & procurement of dual-use #technology needed for its #war in #Ukraine."

Japan has said it recognised the need to counter foreign intelligence better after the New York Times reported that Russia had turned the country into a “den of spies” and key source of weapons components. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/14/japan-espionage-russia-den-of-spies #Ukraine #Russia #Japan