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Politics● ElevatedSep 22 · Sep 22, 2026, 1:21 PM

Japan’s New CIA Could Be Takaichi’s Trump Card

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Foreign Policy · East Asia

After decades of reticence, Tokyo is expanding its intelligence gathering abroad.

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