The Japanese secret service agent detained in Belarus transmitted information of a military nature, including the situation on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.
He has already been charged.
This was stated by the head of the investigative department of the KGB of Belarus, Konstantin Bychek, for the Belarus 1 TV channel.
"The State Security Committee, on suspicion of cooperation with foreign intelligence, detained the Japanese citizen Masatoshi Nakanishi, who, while on the territory of our country, collected and transmitted military intelligence information to the Japanese intelligence service, more especially for the military infrastructure, the movement of troops and military equipment and for the current situation in the southern direction," he said.
Also, according to the KGB, the Japanese worked to recruit citizens with access to classified information.
According to Bicek, convincing evidence has been obtained about the illegal activities of the detainees. His correspondence with the center was revealed, repeated meetings with representatives of foreign intelligence services working under diplomatic cover were recorded.
"Nakanishi has been charged with "undercover action," and is in the custody of the KGB,'' a KGB official said.
Nakanishi, a lawyer, was detained by the KGB before flying out of Belarus. As the TV channel reported, he entered into a fictitious marriage with a citizen of Belarus, which he later dissolved. He settled in Gomel and got a job as a Japanese language teacher at Gomel State University. F. Skorina.
"From Gomel I traveled to small towns and areas closer to the Ukrainian border. I photographed in detail roads, bridges, strategic sites such as stations and airports. I photographed the infrastructure of military installations as well as railway tracks, for example, where narrow-gauge rails lie. This is very useful information for wartime engineers," the report said.
According to him, during his six-year stay in Belarus, the Japanese man took more than 9,000 photos of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.
As reported yesterday, an agent of the Japanese secret services was detained in Belarus for the first time.
Japan has imposed sanctions on Belarusian organizations, such as asset freezes and export bans, as part of its efforts to reduce support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
In June, a German citizen was convicted of terrorism and mercenary activities in Belarus and sentenced to death, but was released as part of a major prisoner swap between Russia, Belarus, the United States and other countries.