Japanese Intelligence Stories 06 | The MITI Miracle, Showa-Era Economic Intelligence Warfare, and the Shadow Under the US-Japan Alliance
From a defeated nation to a Cold War outpost, Japan's intelligence system in the latter half of the twentieth century hovered between continuity and castration, eventually turning its gaze toward the economic battlefield. With military reconnaissance powers stripped away, how did the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and general trading companies reshape national competitiveness by probing economic intelligence? In the late Cold War, how did frequent economic and technological disputes affect US-Japan relations? In the Korean Air Lines Flight 007 incident, why did Self-Defense Force intelligence bypass its own government to be sent to the US first? With a Japanese version of the CIA on the horizon, where will Japan's intelligence transformation head? Listen to the exciting share from this episode's guest, Sha Qingqing! You are also welcome to revisit other episodes in the 'Anecdotes from the Sea of Spies' series: Anecdotes from the Sea of Spies | A History of Soviet Intelligence, Anecdotes from the Sea of Spies | A Brief History of the Blue Terror in the Republic of China, and Anecdotes from the Sea of Spies | The Past of the Central Statistics Bureau.
Original Chinese title & description
日本谍报物语06｜通产省奇迹、昭和经济情报战与美日同盟下的阴影
从战败国家到冷战前哨，二十世纪后半叶的日本情报体系在延续与阉割间徘徊，最终将视线转向经济战场。军事侦查权被剥夺，通产省与综合商社如何通过刺探经济情报重塑国家竞争力？冷战末期，经济与技术争端频发如何影响了美日关系？大韩航空007空难事件，自卫队情报为何能越过本国政府优先送给美方？日版CIA呼之欲出，日本情报变革将走向何方？请听本期嘉宾沙青青带来的精彩分享！ 也欢迎你回顾「谍海轶闻」系列的其他节目《谍海轶闻｜苏联情报史话》《谍海轶闻｜民国蓝色恐怖小史》《谍海轶闻｜中统局往事》。
Participation credit “本期话题成员”：沙青青（微信公众号：13号埋立地）。
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