The Defense Agency has conducted an internal probe into what it says are media leaks that resulted in two newspaper reports detailing Chinese military operations last May and September, informed sources have said.
The probe was conducted by a police unit that handles criminal investigations for the Self-Defense Forces, the sources said.
The investigation was prompted by a series of rare complaints about leaks from the agency's intelligence division, the sources said. Leaking defense secrets is a violation of the SDF law.