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PUBLIC SECURITY

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2019
Concern grows over how G20 security preparations will impact Osaka
Tokyo had a reported 25,000 police on the streets for Tump's visit. How many will Osaka need — and how distruptive will they be?
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Nov 16, 2015
'Proactive pacifism' makes Japan a target for Islamic terrorists: experts
The terrorist attacks Friday in Paris highlight the need for Japan to be on high alert as it prepares to host such high-profile events as next year's Group of Seven summit and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2015
Italian software firm offered to sell hacking software to Japanese officials
Italian surveillance software developer Hacking Team tried to sell its products at an event in Tokyo last October.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2015
Japan's spy service offers students one-day immersion course in tradecraft
Psst! The Public Security Intelligence Agency — which carries out both domestic and overseas intelligence gathering — is offering college students a chance to try their hand at spycraft.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2015
Security blanket: Should Japan beef up its anti-terrorism measures?
On Nov. 27, 2005, an unidentified terrorist group attacked the Mihama nuclear power plant on the Japan Sea in Fukui Prefecture, damaging the facility and creating fears of a radiation leak.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 20, 2014
Aum cultists inspire a new generation of admirers
Swayed by a mixture of dark fascination with the outlaw life and dissatisfaction with their own lot, a small but passionate group of young people are bound by their professed admiration for the criminal members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. They call themselves Aumers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 3, 2013
Photos of opponents found stabbed in Aum facility
Photographs of the director general and other officials of the Public Security Intelligence Agency were found stabbed through with a knife during an on-site inspection of a facility connected to Aum Shinrikyo, according to the agency.

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