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Trial underway for Japanese man accused of spying in Belarus (www3.nhk.or.jp)
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Nakanishi Masatoshi had worked as a Japanese language teacher.

He is accused of collecting information on military facilities and sending it to Japanese intelligence agents.

Local media say he could face up to seven years in prison.

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[-] lath@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Why would Japan care about Belarus military capabilities? Unless...

Hmm, there's a small chance it's real, but I'm leaning towards Belarus posing for some dumb reason.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

All countries are always spying on all other countries, at least as far as they're capable.

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