NYT > World News How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies Par :Jane Bradley · Michael Schwirtz and Adam Goldman 13 juillet 2026 à 13:54 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 TimesThe 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.