A 70-year-old man in Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, who was arrested for illegally obtaining documents related to military technology, hiding the purpose of handing them over to the staff of the Russian Trade Representative in Japan, said, "We also handed over the latest space development documents in the United States. I found out in an interview with the investigators that he said, "I did."
Kazuo Miyasaka, a 70-year-old unemployed person in Zama City, hid the purpose of handing it over to the staff of the Russian Trade Representative in Japan, registered as a member of a service that provides copies of treatises, and published documents such as military technology. I was arrested for illegally obtaining it.
According to the investigation so far, the male employee in his 40s of the Russian Trade Representative in Japan who handed over this document is considered to be a Russian intelligence officer, and Miyasaka admitted the suspicion to the investigation and said, "About 30 I handed over the literature to about 15 Russians over the year. "
In a subsequent investigation, it was found in an interview with an investigator that he stated, "I received a request and obtained and handed over the latest literature on space development in the United States."
Specifically, it is related to the unmanned spacecraft of the US Space Force called "X37B" and the small space shuttle developed by a private company.
The police are investigating the details.