TOKYO: Japan's National Intelligence Bureau held its first meeting on Friday (Jul 31), a body aimed at centralising information-gathering and addressing accusations that the country is a "spy paradise".Under a bill enacted in May, Japan has upgraded an existing intelligence body to serve as the central comman

By HOU JUNJIE in Tokyo and ZHOU JIN in Beijing |

Japan launched its new National Intelligence Bureau on July 31, marking the establishment of the country's first centralized national intelligence system since World War II. The…