TOKYO, July 13 — Japan said today that it recognised the need to counter foreign intelligence better after the New York Times reported that Russia had turned the country into a...

TOKYO, July 13 — Japan said today that it recognised the need to counter foreign intelligence better after the New York Times reported that Russia had turned the country into a...

A New York Times article claims Maksim Vladimirovich Filchenkov, a top Russian official, is leading the covert operation in Japan.