Overview
- The LDP's Intelligence Strategy Headquarters approved the proposal on Tuesday, July 28 and plans to submit it to Prime Minister Takaichi for government consideration.
- The draft would create a new law to permit administrative interception—warrantless monitoring by government agencies—for national security targets under strict approval rules.
- The package also calls for a Foreign Interference Prevention Act to criminalize certain influence and espionage acts and a foreign‑agent registration system for lobbyists working for overseas interests.
- The plan includes a proposal to establish an external intelligence agency modeled on UK and Australian services and to place it under the foreign minister's supervision.
- The Cabinet has ordered an expert panel to review the measures because critics and officials say expanded interception could conflict with Japan's constitutional protection of communications and so require strong independent oversight.