Former employee "Maybe a Russian spy"
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In a case where a former employee of a telecom major Softbank was arrested for illegally extracting confidential information, an employee of the Russian Trade Representative in Japan who stated that the former employee had passed the information said, "I did not know the detailed background, I thought she might be a spy. "
Former SoftBank employee Yutaka Araki, 48, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Agency in February last year for allegedly breaching confidential information regarding communications equipment such as telephone base stations.
According to previous investigations, former employees of Araki have stated that they have passed the information to staff in the 50s of the Russian Trade Representative in Japan, and the Metropolitan Police Department has suspected that former employees who have already returned have been involved. In fact, we are requesting the appearance of two people.
The staff members in their 50s are still working in Japan and have the privilege of not being arrested as a diplomat, and a subsequent investigation revealed that former employee Araki said, "I did not know the detailed background, but it might be a spy. I thought it was not. "
Former employee Araki had been in contact with Russian staff several times at restaurants, etc., and had also received cash.
The Metropolitan Police Department is working to elucidate the entire process, including the details of how it deepened the relationship, considering it as a spying activity that requested the provision of confidential information in return.
Past intelligence cases by Russia
According to police officials, there have been nine arrests of intelligence cases by Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
In both cases, Russian intelligence agencies such as GRU = General Affairs Bureau of the Russian Army Chief of Staff and SVR = Foreign Intelligence Agency are involved in the activities of embassies and trade representatives. Almost.
In 2000, an executive officer of the Maritime Self-Defense Force was arrested for allegedly violating the Self-Defense Forces Act, alleging that internal materials were being sent to a Japanese military officer at the Russian Embassy in Japan.
The resident military officer, belonging to the GRU, had handed cash to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces officials several times, but departed the day after receiving a request from the Metropolitan Police Department to appear.
In 2005, a former employee of a subsidiary of a major electronics manufacturer `` Toshiba '' leaked confidential information on semiconductor technology that could be diverted to military use to a man of the Russian Trade Representative in Japan, and received a cash of 1 million yen. Documents were sent for suspicion.
The Trade Representative's man is believed to be an intelligence engineer belonging to SVR.
According to investigators, the GRU used to aim for military information, while the SVR tended to aim for information on cutting-edge technology, but recently the classification has disappeared.