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How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies

Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.

© Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

The Aeroflot office in Toranomon Kotohira Tower in Tokyo. Japan’s weak espionage laws and flourishing high-tech industry have made it a crucial base for the Russian war effort.
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