Japan PM vows to address foreign disinformation with planned intel body

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday her government's envisaged "national intelligence committee" will address foreign disinformation operations, as parliamentary deliberations began on a bill to establish the new body.The bill is part of efforts to bolster the gathering of information related to security and foreign espionage and better utilize it in policymaking. But it is triggering concerns from opposition parties that excessive surveillance could infringe the freedom of expression.The government, which submitted the bill last month, and the ruling bloc of Takaichi's Lib…READ FULL ARTICLE