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ESPIONAGE

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2016
Powell, Rice staffers also tied to classified personal emails
ashington
WORLD / Politics
Jan 4, 2016
Iran says Americans hoping to swap detainees for Washington Post reporter jailed for alleged spying
Unnamed Americans have contacted Iran for a deal to swap Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, convicted and jailed in Iran on spying charges, for other unspecified detainees, according to a senior Iranian official quoted on Sunday.
WORLD
Dec 30, 2015
U.S. spying reportedly included Israeli phone calls with U.S. lawmakers
The U.S. National Security Agency's foreign eavesdropping included phone conversations between top Israeli officials and U.S. lawmakers and American-Jewish groups, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing current and former U.S. officials.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 28, 2015
Paranoid: North Korea's computer operating system mirrors its political one
North Korea's homegrown computer operating system mirrors its political one, according to two German researchers who have delved into the code: a go-it-alone approach, a high degree of paranoia and invasive snooping on users.
EDITORIALS
Dec 12, 2015
Abe's anti-terrorism measures
The government should weigh the benefits of measures to prevent terrorist acts against the risk of violating people's constitutional rights.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 12, 2015
China's security chief calls for better intelligence on terrorism
China needs to improve its intelligence-gathering abilities and intelligence sharing between different departments it if wants to better deal with the threat of terrorism, its domestic security chief said Friday in a rare admission of the problems faced.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2015
On China's fringes, cyberspies raise their game
Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle against what Western security experts say are China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 29, 2015
South Korea screens refugees with lie detectors and solitary confinement
South Korea has spent decades screening refugees from a hostile neighbor but some enemy agents manage to get through, underlining the challenges Western nations face in dealing with a far larger influx of people escaping the war in Syria.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 13, 2015
NSA says it 'usually' discloses software vulnerabilities
The U.S. National Security Agency, seeking to rebut accusations that it hoards information about software vulnerabilities and leaves U.S. companies open to cyberattacks, said last week that it tells U.S. technology firms about the most serious flaws it finds more than 90 percent of the time.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2015
Coordinated European raids target Iran's 'Rocket Kitten' cyberspy group
European authorities have taken action to take down a cyberespionage campaign believed to be linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, the first operation of its kind since Tehran signed a nuclear treaty, according to security researchers.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2015
James Bond is the U.K.'s greatest intelligence asset
James Bond and his fellow fictional British operatives allow U.K. intelligence to project an image that goes well beyond the niggling issues of reality.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2015
U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency hires first Briton as liaison officer
The Pentagon's principal spy agency is appointing a British air force officer as its first deputy director in charge of improving "integration" between U.S. intelligence units and spy agencies of other English-speaking countries.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2015
U.S. concerned by Russian operations near undersea Internet cables
The presence of Russian submarines and spy ships near undersea cables that carry the bulk of global Internet communications has U.S. officials concerned that Russia could be planning to sever the lines in periods of conflict, it was reported Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2015
Cyberwarfare's vast potential for mayhem
Countries have begun to build up their cyberweaponry, and no one can yet say where this new form of military technology will lead.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 1, 2015
Japan, China timed announcement of espionage arrests, says expert
Beijing and Tokyo appear to have waited until two of China's key events were over before revealing the detention of two Japanese nationals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 23, 2015
Chinese interceptor performed unsafe maneuver near spy plane, U.S. says
euters
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 1, 2015
Steamer races German submarine; suspected foreign spies arrested; Indoor angling curbs urged; Tokyo regrets Iraq invasion of Kuwait
100 YEARS AGO
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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By Kathryn Wortley

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