TOKYO (Sputnik) — Tokyo prosecution ruled to postpone filing charges against seven suspects allegedly involved in transfer of Japanese military data to Russia, local media reported on Friday.
11 October 2015, 02:12 GMT
According to the Kyodo news agency, prosecutor's office considered the case referred by the police on December 4 and described leaked material's degree of confidentiality as "too low."
Among those suspected by the prosecution there are former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Kazushige Izumi, who allegedly procured internal military manuals and passed them to a Russian diplomat in May 2013, who later left the country.
According to media reports, the materials describe operation of divisions and brigades of the Japanese military.
