Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi told a closed-door 17-member expert panel that strengthening Japan’s intelligence capabilities is an urgent priority and she aims to establish an independent agency modeled on the US CIA by March 2028. As a first step

2026-09-28

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi told a closed-door 17-member expert panel that strengthening Japan’s intelligence capabilities is an urgent priority and she aims to establish an independent agency modeled on the US CIA by March 2028. As a first step, Japan created a new National Intelligence Bureau in July.