Tokyo’s New Spy Era? Why Japan Is Building Its Own CIA-Like Agency After 80 Years

This initiative, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, aims to modernise Japan’s intelligence system. Photo : TN Innovations Japan is preparing its most sweeping intelligence overhaul since World War II, moving to build a modern spy agency as it faces growing threats from China, North Korea and Russia. According to The Washington Post, Tokyo is creating a new national intelligence bureau that will coordinate intelligence gathering across government agencies and report directly to the prime minister. The overhaul comes amid an increasingly volatile security environment in the Indo-Pacific and growing pressure from US President Donald Trump for allies to shoulder…