Genkotsu Takufumi: The Terror of 50,000 Communist Party Spies
November 17, 2016 Published.
December 07, 2022 Updated.
The following is a continuation of the previous chapter.
The facts that this paper reveals could not have been known by the Japanese public, who only subscribe to newspapers such as Asahi and watch TV stations that are their subsidiaries and monopolize terrestrial broadcasting and NHK.
Counterintelligence is more urgent than the MI6 concept
Since May 2015, there has been a series of arrests and prosecutions of Japanese nationals in China on espionage charges.
Those detained include a man who collected information on the situation in North Korea while engaging in private trade in the Sino-North Korean border region, a man who runs a staffing agency in Zhejiang Province (staffing agencies handle people, goods, and money, making it easy to obtain information) and a man who has had a 35-year relationship with China and has been attracting Chinese tourists and providing technical guidance (he was acting like a pro-China person). (He acted like a pro-China person but was a double agent for Japan.
November 17, 2016 Published.
December 07, 2022 Updated.
The following is a continuation of the previous chapter.
The facts that this paper reveals could not have been known by the Japanese public, who only subscribe to newspapers such as Asahi and watch TV stations that are their subsidiaries and monopolize terrestrial broadcasting and NHK.
Counterintelligence is more urgent than the MI6 concept
Since May 2015, there has been a series of arrests and prosecutions of Japanese nationals in China on espionage charges.
Those detained include a man who collected information on the situation in North Korea while engaging in private trade in the Sino-North Korean border region, a man who runs a staffing agency in Zhejiang Province (staffing agencies handle people, goods, and money, making it easy to obtain information) and a man who has had a 35-year relationship with China and has been attracting Chinese tourists and providing technical guidance (he was acting like a pro-China person). (He acted like a pro-China person but was a double agent for Japan.
In any case, the fact that such a large number of intelligence collaborators were arrested all at the same time suggests a strong possibility that information from the Japanese side is being passed on to the Chinese.
Of course, there have been cases of Japanese nationals being caught in China in the past, but they have been dealt with behind the scenes by such means as deporting the Japanese in question.
This incident reminds me of the Nikkei Newspaper reporter detained in North Korea in 1999.
In this case, Nikkei Shimbun reporter Cen Sugishima was detained in North Korea in 1999 on suspicion of espionage.
After returning to Japan, Sugishima reported that all of the documents he provided to Japan's Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA) (hereafter referred to as PSIA) in cooperation with the government had ended up in the hands of North Korean authorities (possibility of North Korean double agents in PSIA).
He harshly criticized the government's attitude of "don't know, don't care" when civilians who cooperated with Japan were detained, as if the government was trying to "get over it" like a lizard with its tail between its legs.
In Japan, agencies such as the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, PSIA, National Police Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Defense independently obtain information.
Still, since all of the Japanese arrested by China this time are believed to be PSIA collaborators, the same thing may be happening as in Sugishima's case in the past.
In 2013, Professor Zhu Jianrong of Toyo Gakuen University was arrested in China on suspicion of double espionage with Japan and was severely questioned about his contacts with Japanese intelligence agencies, including the PSIA.
Given this development, there is a strong possibility that our country's activities are being leaked.
Unless the cause of the information leak is investigated at an early stage and those responsible are punished, it is unlikely that anyone will be willing to provide information for Japan out of fear for their safety if the situation continues.
A Japanese version of MI6 is being proposed under the Abe cabinet.
What is more urgent, however, is counterintelligence, the establishment of laws and systems to eliminate spies and double agents hiding in Japan, and the creation of a system to safely protect informants who provide information to the Japanese government when a situation is uncovered.
Of course, there have been cases of Japanese nationals being caught in China in the past, but they have been dealt with behind the scenes by such means as deporting the Japanese in question.
This incident reminds me of the Nikkei Newspaper reporter detained in North Korea in 1999.
In this case, Nikkei Shimbun reporter Cen Sugishima was detained in North Korea in 1999 on suspicion of espionage.
After returning to Japan, Sugishima reported that all of the documents he provided to Japan's Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA) (hereafter referred to as PSIA) in cooperation with the government had ended up in the hands of North Korean authorities (possibility of North Korean double agents in PSIA).
He harshly criticized the government's attitude of "don't know, don't care" when civilians who cooperated with Japan were detained, as if the government was trying to "get over it" like a lizard with its tail between its legs.
In Japan, agencies such as the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, PSIA, National Police Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Defense independently obtain information.
Still, since all of the Japanese arrested by China this time are believed to be PSIA collaborators, the same thing may be happening as in Sugishima's case in the past.
In 2013, Professor Zhu Jianrong of Toyo Gakuen University was arrested in China on suspicion of double espionage with Japan and was severely questioned about his contacts with Japanese intelligence agencies, including the PSIA.
Given this development, there is a strong possibility that our country's activities are being leaked.
Unless the cause of the information leak is investigated at an early stage and those responsible are punished, it is unlikely that anyone will be willing to provide information for Japan out of fear for their safety if the situation continues.
A Japanese version of MI6 is being proposed under the Abe cabinet.
What is more urgent, however, is counterintelligence, the establishment of laws and systems to eliminate spies and double agents hiding in Japan, and the creation of a system to safely protect informants who provide information to the Japanese government when a situation is uncovered.
2024/6/13 in Kanazawa
