Masatoshi Nakanishi. Screenshot of the Belarus 1 TV channel
MINSK, 6 September (BelTA) – In the program “The Failure of a Samurai from Tokyo” aired by the Belarus 1 TV channel, Japanese spy Masatoshi Nakanishi admitted that his actions caused harm to the security of Belarus, BelTA has learned.
Japanese Masatoshi Nakanishi was accused of intelligence activities. He settled in Gomel in 2018. Two years earlier he had converted to Orthodoxy in Kupyansk, which is now in the epicenter of the special military operation. He was in Ukraine during the Maidan of 2014, and also in the DPR, LPR. He made connections there and maintained these contacts. In correspondence, he was interested in how the situation was unfolding there in terms of the special military operation, the military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine.
Japan began to develop its own intelligence service in 2008. It focused on intelligence gathering about China. At this time, Masatoshi Nakanishi’s career as a lawyer was at its peak. In 2008, he began to travel around Eastern Europe, specifically the countries that are part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
“Japan and China are competitors when it comes to business interests,” noted Masatoshi Nakanishi.
However, the official legend of Masatoshi Nakanishi was based off of other things. He entered into a fake marriage with a citizen of Belarus and later divorced her. He settled in Gomel and got a job as a Japanese teacher at Francysk Skorina Gomel State University although he didn’t need to work to provide for himself. Every month, Masatoshi Nakanishi withdrew an equivalent of Br1,500-2,000 from a Japanese account. The Japanese special service opened an account for him from which he could withdrew any amount he wanted. He had absolutely no need to work as a teacher, but it was a good cover.
A huge deal of evidence proving his intelligence activities was collected by the Japanese himself. He made detailed reports about every day of his stay in Belarus. He wrote everything down in notebooks. Over six years, he collected a huge stack of checks, as well as 47 train tickets. The Japanese traveled from Gomel to small towns and settlements located close to the Ukrainian border. He photographed roads, bridges, strategic facilities like train stations and airports in detail. Such images cannot be obtained from satellites, only manually, while on the ground. He filmed military infrastructure, as well as railways, including narrow-gauge rails. This kind of information is very useful for engineers in wartime.
“I thought about sending the photos to Kokka Kōan Iinkai [the Japanese special service]. I went to the border with Ukraine and took many photos. I was in Kravtsovka, Terekhovka, Cheretyanka, Krasny Partizan,” the Japanese spy said.
Masatoshi Nakanishi was also interested in radiation levels in Belarus, in how the country is dealing with the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident. He went to the Polesie Radiation and Ecological Reserve. But his core area of work was collecting business intelligence. Having opened a shell company in his name, BelNihonInternational, he contacted such companies as Conte, Molochny Mir, Krasny Pischevik, Spartak, Gomel and Mogilev free economic zones and acted like he was interested in cooperation. In reality, he showed unfounded interest, for example, in cooperation with China.
“I believe that my actions have harmed the security of Belarus,” Masatoshi Nakanishi noted.
Japanese Masatoshi Nakanishi was accused of intelligence activities. He settled in Gomel in 2018. Two years earlier he had converted to Orthodoxy in Kupyansk, which is now in the epicenter of the special military operation. He was in Ukraine during the Maidan of 2014, and also in the DPR, LPR. He made connections there and maintained these contacts. In correspondence, he was interested in how the situation was unfolding there in terms of the special military operation, the military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine.
Japan began to develop its own intelligence service in 2008. It focused on intelligence gathering about China. At this time, Masatoshi Nakanishi’s career as a lawyer was at its peak. In 2008, he began to travel around Eastern Europe, specifically the countries that are part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
“Japan and China are competitors when it comes to business interests,” noted Masatoshi Nakanishi.
However, the official legend of Masatoshi Nakanishi was based off of other things. He entered into a fake marriage with a citizen of Belarus and later divorced her. He settled in Gomel and got a job as a Japanese teacher at Francysk Skorina Gomel State University although he didn’t need to work to provide for himself. Every month, Masatoshi Nakanishi withdrew an equivalent of Br1,500-2,000 from a Japanese account. The Japanese special service opened an account for him from which he could withdrew any amount he wanted. He had absolutely no need to work as a teacher, but it was a good cover.
A huge deal of evidence proving his intelligence activities was collected by the Japanese himself. He made detailed reports about every day of his stay in Belarus. He wrote everything down in notebooks. Over six years, he collected a huge stack of checks, as well as 47 train tickets. The Japanese traveled from Gomel to small towns and settlements located close to the Ukrainian border. He photographed roads, bridges, strategic facilities like train stations and airports in detail. Such images cannot be obtained from satellites, only manually, while on the ground. He filmed military infrastructure, as well as railways, including narrow-gauge rails. This kind of information is very useful for engineers in wartime.
“I thought about sending the photos to Kokka Kōan Iinkai [the Japanese special service]. I went to the border with Ukraine and took many photos. I was in Kravtsovka, Terekhovka, Cheretyanka, Krasny Partizan,” the Japanese spy said.
Masatoshi Nakanishi was also interested in radiation levels in Belarus, in how the country is dealing with the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident. He went to the Polesie Radiation and Ecological Reserve. But his core area of work was collecting business intelligence. Having opened a shell company in his name, BelNihonInternational, he contacted such companies as Conte, Molochny Mir, Krasny Pischevik, Spartak, Gomel and Mogilev free economic zones and acted like he was interested in cooperation. In reality, he showed unfounded interest, for example, in cooperation with China.
“I believe that my actions have harmed the security of Belarus,” Masatoshi Nakanishi noted.
Follow us on:
