A former Maritime Self-Defense Force officer was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison for passing two classified defense documents to a Russian Military attache in June.
The Tokyo District Court convicted Shigehiro Hagisaki of passing defense information to Victor Bogatenkov, in violation of the Self-Defense Forces Law.
Prosecutors had demanded a 12-month term for Hagisaki, 38, who was a lieutenant commander and researcher at the Defense Agency's National Institute for Defense Studies until he was dishonorably discharged in October.