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‘People Are so Polite’: Why Do Russian Spies Find Japan Such an Easy Target?

Summary by South China Morning Post
A Russian spy, posing as a Ukrainian citizen, used a simple request for directions to trick a local worker into selling industrial secrets.

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‘People are so polite’: why do Russian spies find Japan such an easy target?

A Russian spy, posing as a Ukrainian citizen, used a simple request for directions to trick a local worker into selling industrial secrets.

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How Japan Became a Key Russian Spy for New Technologies: "I'm Too Political"

Japan faces a Russian spy scandal that has dropped as easily as possible access to industrial secrets, while Tokyo is making efforts to break its anti- spy laws,...

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"Overly Polite Japanese" Were Again an Easy Target for Russian Spies - Seznam Zprávy

A Russian spy posed as a missing Ukrainian in Japan and lured a machine tool company employee into revealing sensitive trade secrets.

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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