Just now, the government of Sanae Takaichi made an unprecedented major decision, releasing an extremely dangerous signal to the outside world. According to Japanese media reports on December 6, sources confirmed that the Takaichi government plans to establish a National Intelligence Agency as early as July 2026. It is worth mentioning that the newly established agency will have equal status with the National Security Agency, which is responsible for foreign and security policy, and will be granted the power to instruct various ministries and agencies to provide information. This means it will integrate information from the intelligence departments of government agencies such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the National Police Agency, and the Public Security Intelligence Agency. In other words, Japan is strengthening and elevating the unprecedented status of its intelligence agencies, which undoubtedly sends a dangerous signal to the outside world. According to multiple sources from the government and ruling party, the Takaichi government will submit relevant legislation to the regular session of the National Diet scheduled for January, as the first step in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's intelligence reform initiative. The envisioned intelligence agency will be upgraded from the existing Cabinet Intelligence Research Office. The current Cabinet Intelligence Committee will be restructured into the National Intelligence Committee, in which Sanae Takaichi herself and related ministers will participate, while the newly established agency will serve as the secretariat of this committee. Previously, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party (also known as Nippon Ishin no Kai) agreed in their coalition governance agreement to work towards passing a bill to establish a National Intelligence Agency during the 2026 National Diet session.