Explainer 526: Why Japan has been spooked into launching an intelligence service
The Foreign Desk

Explainer 526: Why Japan has been spooked into launching an intelligence service

2026-07-15

Japan announced plans this week to establish its own intelligence agency, its first since the Second World War. But why now?

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