The head of the Pentagon's intelligence was removed, in what appeared to be the latest attempt to penalize current and former military, intelligence and law enforcement officials seen to be at odds with Trump's views. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/23/world/politics/pengaton-purge-defense-intelligence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #defense #petehegseth #espionage #donaldtrump #usmilitary
A military court found a New Zealand soldier guilty of attempted espionage for a foreign power on Monday — the first spying conviction in the country's history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/18/asia-pacific/crime-legal/new-zealand-soldier-espionage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #newzealand #espionage
Humiliated by the Hamas attack in 2023, the country’s military intelligence agency is reviving an Arabic-language recruitment program for high school students and training all troops in Arabic and Islam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/world/israel-spy-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #israelhamaswar #espionage #hamas #arabic #middleeast
A Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma, who has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for espionage in China, did not appeal the ruling by a Monday deadline, embassy officials said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/astellas-no-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #espionage #chinajapanrelations #astellaspharma #china
Iran has embarked on a massive deportation drive of the country’s 3 million-plus population of Afghan refugees, some of whom authorities say aided Israel’s airstrikes on the country last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/world/politics/iran-afghans-israel-spying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #afghanistan #israel #espionage #middleeast #taliban

Brussels wasn’t supposed to be the capital of Europe.
Here’s how the unplanned capital of Europe happened:
🔗 https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/07/20/how-brussels-accidentally-became-the-capital-of-europe/
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Brussels wasn’t supposed to be the capital of Europe.
Here’s how the unplanned capital of Europe happened:
🔗 https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/07/20/how-brussels-accidentally-became-the-capital-of-europe/
#EU#Brussels#Europe#Geopolitics#History#NATO#Espionage
A Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma, who was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for espionage in China on Wednesday, has no intention to appeal the ruling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/japan/crime-legal/japanese-man-china-spy-ruling-no-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #chinajapanrelations #espionage #astellaspharma
Concerns are growing among Japanese firms operating in China after a Chinese court on Wednesday found an employee of major Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma guilty of spying. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/japan/japan-firms-in-china-worry-spying-charges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #astellaspharma #espionage
A Chinese court sentenced a Japanese citizen to a prison term for espionage, in a verdict that threatens to damage ties between Asia’s two largest economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/china-court-jails-japanese-executive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #chinajapanrelations #china #astellaspharma #espionage
A district court in Beijing will hand down a ruling on Wednesday for a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma, who has been charged with espionage in China, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/crime-legal/china-court-astellas-pharma-ruling-date/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #astellaspharma #espionage #china #chinajapanrelations
A senior Ukrainian security officer was gunned down in a residential parking lot in Kyiv on Thursday before his assailant fled on foot in broad daylight, according to authorities and video footage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/world/crime-legal/ukrainian-spy-colonel-shot-kyiv/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #ukraine #espionage #russia #russiaukrainewar
China is urging government workers to remain vigilant against overseas threats after it uncovered three spying plots, including one involving a "honeytrap." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/asia-pacific/china-foreign-spying-honeytrap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #espionage
Japan has taken another important step toward deepening ties with individual members of the Five Eyes intelligence group by inking a classified information-sharing deal with Canada. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/politics/japan-canada-intelligence-sharing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #foreignministry #canada #canadajapanrelations #takeshiiwaya #espionage
The threat from espionage is high in Switzerland as global insecurity increases, with the main threats emanating from Russia and China, the country's Federal Intelligence Service warned Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/swiss-spying-russia-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #espionage #china #russia #switzerland #europe
Espionage 🤝 Cybercrime :: TA829 🤝 UNK_GreenSec
Our extensive visibility into the threat landscape has led us to conclude that there is very likely a link between TA829 (a cybercriminal actor also conducting #espionage in line with Russian state interests) & UNK_GreenSec (a #cybercriminal cluster observed deploying #malware and #ransomware).
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Taiwan's VP said she won't be intimidated by Beijing after Czech intelligence said Chinese operatives had followed her and planned to intimidate her during a visit to Prague last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-china-czech-plot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #hsiaobikhim #czechrepublic #china #espionage
Chinese diplomats and secret service followed Taiwan's Vice-President-elect Hsiao Bi-khim and planned to intimidate her physically when she visited Prague last year, Czech military intelligence said on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/asia-pacific/politics/czech-intelligence-china-intimidation-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #espionage #czechrepublic
Chinese spying and attempts by Beijing to undermine Britain's democracy and economy are on the rise, an "audit" commissioned by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/politics/uk-chinese-spying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #davidlammy #uk #china #espionage #keirstarmer