On February 9th, the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a press conference at the headquarters of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (L.D.P.). After obtaining a clear mandate by Japanese voters and a two-thirds majority in the Lower House in the February 8th snap election, the 67-year-old Prime Minister stated some policy priorities. One was strengthening Japan’s intelligence. “We’ll work on the reinforcement of the intelligence capabilities. We’ll strengthen information