Japan is preparing to join the Anglophone world’s Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network, its ambassador to Australia has revealed.Shingo Yamagami, formerly the head of the intelligence branch of Japan’s foreign ministry, said: “We would like to see this idea become reality in the near future.” He t
They were, but official revelation will have larger consequences, most specifically for mainland China.
Is there any concrete evidence of that? IIRC they were involved, but not comprehensively involved in data sharing.
Probably the same deal as Germany… the US gets all the data and the BND gets some if the US finds it convenient.
Probably a case of the Japanese finding that unsatisfactory and demanding a less one-sided deal.