Based on the coalition agreement signed by the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party on October 20, 2025, a law establishing a “National Intelligence Council” to guard against foreign interference passed during the recent special Diet session. The next focus is said to be enacting an anti-espionage law, establishing a Foreign Intelligence Agency (tentative name), and introducing criminal penalties for “improper” interference by foreign powers. On 5ch, threads reacting to this news mostly had China and North Korea in mind when it comes to this interference-prevention framework, but posters repeatedly pointed out the irony and contradiction that America’s massive investment demands and the base issue are never labeled “interference in domestic affairs.” Voices insisting that special treatment is only natural since the US is an ally clashed with those who see it as effectively a relationship of subordination, and the debate spilled over into the broader question of what the Japan-US security alliance really is.
(Excerpt) ◆”This cannot work without the public’s understanding and trust”
(Excerpt) The coalition agreement signed by the LDP and Japan Innovation Party on October 20 of last year explicitly states that the parties “will discuss comprehensive intelligence reform and carry out the agreed-upon measures.” Among these, the law establishing the “National Intelligence Council,” meant to serve as the command center for policy, passed during the recent special Diet session. The next focus will be enacting anti-espionage legislation and setting up a “Foreign Intelligence Agency (tentative name)” to formally authorize full-scale intelligence operations both at home and abroad.
◆Criminal penalties for “improper” interference by foreign powers… government asked to consider
They invest 80 trillion yen, and America takes 90% of the profits ↑ So how did this actually turn out? Did Japan get threatened with higher tariffs and seriously fork over 80 trillion yen?
20AnonymousSep 7, 2026 07:45
Re: #5 Right now Akazawa is busy reporting the investment targets and progress to our lord and master, America.
80AnonymousSep 7, 2026 07:57
Re: #5 So far what's actually been decided is artificial diamonds for semiconductor development, thermal power plants, and gas field development, right? Not sure about the artificial diamonds, but the power plants and gas fields should be important projects for Japan's own energy development too.
645AnonymousSep 7, 2026 10:20
Re: #5 American banks already finished lending out the dollars needed for this reckless investment, backed by a Japanese government guarantee — that's what kicked off the yen's slide. There's a time lag before those loans go bad, so Japanese tax money won't actually get wired over to America until a few years from now.
11AnonymousSep 7, 2026 07:43
Japan's basically a US colony at this point, so this isn't "interference in domestic affairs."
63AnonymousSep 7, 2026 07:54
Re: #11 Less a US colony, more a US military colony. Nine years ago when Trump visited Japan as president, he landed straight at a US military base out of nowhere. That would never happen in a normal country.
516AnonymousSep 7, 2026 09:27
Re: #11 It's not interference, it's a decree (lol)
42AnonymousSep 7, 2026 07:50
Re: #1 America's an ally, so special treatment is fine by me. Heck, why not amend the law to let Americans run as special candidates for Japan's Diet while we're at it.
46AnonymousSep 7, 2026 07:51
Re: #21 ❌ Ally ⭕ Suzerain Who said you get to act like you're on equal footing with them (lol)
50AnonymousSep 7, 2026 07:52
Re: #27 The one that actually did the invading was the Empire of Japan, though
56AnonymousSep 7, 2026 07:53
Re: #50 That was over 80 years ago. Today's invading dictatorship is China.
65AnonymousSep 7, 2026 07:54
Re: #56 And who was it that attacked Iran?
94AnonymousSep 7, 2026 07:58
Re: #65 China's not really invading on a grand scale though — just chipping away here and there. Even Taiwan is over 90% ethnic Han Chinese anyway.
132AnonymousSep 7, 2026 08:05
The one thing Japan learned from losing the war: forget duty and human feeling (giri-ninjo) — just side with whoever's stronger.
146AnonymousSep 7, 2026 08:07
Re: #132 Right after the war, being right-wing basically went hand-in-hand with being anti-American. There was a strong "someday we'll get our revenge" feeling toward the America that humiliated Japan — that's why the right wing back then actually opposed the Japan-US security treaty. These America-loving netto-uyoku (online right-wingers) are basically a new breed that only showed up in the internet era.
187AnonymousSep 7, 2026 08:12
Re: #132 So depending on how things go, are you gonna side with China next?
204AnonymousSep 7, 2026 08:15
All talk, no substance to back it up. If you're going to call yourself a sovereign nation, you need to build your own security and economic policy from the ground up. You can't just keep riding on America's back.
211AnonymousSep 7, 2026 08:16
Re: #204 Japan's fine staying a vassal state as it is. Letting it go truly independent would only end badly.
209AnonymousSep 7, 2026 08:16
Hatoyama and Ishiba, who both tried to break free from being America's lapdog, saw their approval ratings tank — so at this point I can only conclude the Japanese public actually wants to be America's colony.
216AnonymousSep 7, 2026 08:17
Re: #209 The starry-eyed crowd thinks Japan can just be a colony, but the reality is it's a pawn to be sacrificed.
221AnonymousSep 7, 2026 08:18
Re: #209 Well, of course — aside from a few oddballs, almost nobody actually wants to defend their own country. Heck, some of them probably wish they were American.
223AnonymousSep 7, 2026 08:18
Re: #209 Cutting ties with America without even having a defense plan in place is just plain stupid (lol). Don't drag the rest of us into your suicide (lol).
426AnonymousSep 7, 2026 09:04
Even the netto-uyoku (online right-wingers) who go ballistic over Chinese and Korean interference just look the other way when it's America.
483AnonymousSep 7, 2026 09:19
Re: #431Re: #438 Korea's an ally too, you know??? You didn't even know that?
494AnonymousSep 7, 2026 09:22
Re: #483 Since when? Japan and Korea each hold separate, individual alliances with the US. Whenever America tries to link Japan and Korea together as allies, Korea always pushes back hard against it.
500AnonymousSep 7, 2026 09:23
Re: #483 No, that's wrong. Japan has no obligation to defend Korea, and Korea has none to defend Japan. It's just that they sometimes cooperate on the basis of both being US allies. Japan is only allied with America, not with Korea.
846AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:53
Suneo, playing tough guy like Gian and running wild in "Asia Class 1-1," got punched out by the transfer student — the real-deal Gian. Ever since, he became Gian's flunky, his personality warping more and more, and instead of asking for help he tries to justify the bullying he himself once dished out to other classmates. Unable to communicate like a normal person, he ended up hated by the whole class, and eventually everyone just ignored him. Classic story, honestly. (A Doraemon-character analogy — "Gian" and "Suneo" are the manga's bully and his flunky, used here to stand in for the US/China and Imperial Japan.)
888AnonymousSep 7, 2026 12:10
Re: #846 That's the view from China's side, isn't it? But that's not actually how it went. It starts from the fact that the transfer student — the real Gian — was the one who'd been wiping out native peoples everywhere he went. Every classroom he barged into ended up wiped out entirely… and the next one he set his sights on was Asia. Left unchecked, Asia was headed for the same massacre… and at that point, there was exactly one who stood up to him — that was Japan. Unfortunately, the ones at fault were the Japanese (and Koreans) of that era who tried to use Manchuria as a defensive line… that part did happen. But in the end, Gian got punched back and gave up the massacre. Except because that country submitted to Gian, it's kept getting bullied ever since… that's the correct reading of it, I think.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
The law establishing the “National Intelligence Council” is real legislation that passed during the recent special Diet session, based on the coalition agreement the LDP and Japan Innovation Party signed on October 20, 2025. The next points of focus are enacting an anti-espionage law and establishing a Foreign Intelligence Agency (tentative name); the government has also been asked to consider introducing criminal penalties for “improper” interference by foreign powers, though that’s still at the discussion stage. What split the thread was how to read the asymmetry between this framework — clearly aimed at specific countries like China and North Korea — and the fact that the Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement or America’s economic demands (like the investment agreement) are never framed as “interference in domestic affairs.” Those who see special treatment as natural given the alliance clashed with those who see it as effectively a relationship of subordination. One point of possible confusion that never came up in the thread’s back-and-forth: the “Foreign Interference Prevention Law” doesn’t name any specific country — it refers to a broader institutional framework covering things like foreign funding and influence operations in general.
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