The procuratorate of Dandong city in northeast China's Liaoning Province on Friday initiated the public prosecution of Canadian national Michael Spavor for suspected foreign espionage and the illegal
The Japanese government designated 382 cases as top secrets subject to protection under the new secrecy law as of the end of December, local media reported Friday.
Japan's controversial Special Secrecy Law took effect on Wednesday, with 55 categories of information over diplomacy, defense, anti-terrorism and counterespionage being defined as state secrets, amid strong public opposition.
China's press authority has issued rules to tighten management on information including state secrets received by journalists during their work.
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) criticized a Japanese government-submitted bill to impose tougher penalties on national secret leakers on Monday, local media reported.
The Japanese cabinet on Friday approved a bill intended to impose tougher penalties on civil servants, lawmakers and others who leak national secret and therefore threaten national security, according to local media.