来自日本大学学生的申请涌入参加一项体验政府情报工作的活动。公安情报局寻求约15名参加9月20日活动的人员，但收到了超过200份申请。申请人数超过配额的10倍之多，去年仅为5倍左右。
Applications poured in from university students in Japan to participate in an event allowing them to experience government intelligence jobs. The Public Security Intelligence Agency sought around 15 participants for the Sept. 20 event but received more than 200 applications. The number of applications was over 10 times the quota, up from around five times last year.
负责招聘工作的机构官员表示：“今年的活动吸引了前所未有的更大响应。”这一活动的热门程度正值田中政府试图提升该国情报能力之时。
This year’s event drew “a greater response than ever before,” said an agency official in charge of recruitment. The event’s popularity comes at a time when the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to boost the country’s intelligence capabilities.
田中政府旨在改革日本的情报能力。今年7月，政府成立了国家情报委员会和国家情报局。与此同时，近期的电视剧和电影中也出现了情报组织。机构的一位高级官员表示：“公众对情报组织的兴趣正在增长。”
The administration is aiming to reform Japan’s intelligence capabilities. In July, the government launched the National Intelligence Council and the National Intelligence Bureau. Meanwhile, recent television dramas and movies have featured intelligence organizations. “Public interest in intelligence organizations is growing,“ a senior official of the agency said.
在情报工作体验活动中，参与的学生们在假设某一国家计划对基础设施发动网络攻击的情况下，从事人类情报行动。
During the intelligence job experience event, participating students worked on a human intelligence operation under the assumption they obtained information that a certain country was planning a cyberattack on infrastructure.
“我能够想象到具体的情报工作，”一位在观看热门电视剧系列《Vivant》后对情报活动感兴趣的大三学生说道。“我申请参加是因为觉得保护公共安全很酷，”另一位大三学生说。她补充道：“只能清楚地传达紧急信息是很困难的。”
“I was able to imagine a specific intelligence job,” said a third-year university student who became interested in intelligence activities after watching the popular TV drama series “Vivant.”“I applied (for the event) because I thought it’s cool to protect public safety,” said another third-year student. “It was difficult to clearly communicate only urgent information,” she added.
“情报对于政策决策至关重要,” 马泽之(agency人员部门负责人)表示。“未来它将变得更加重要。”尽管渴望成为政府员工的学生人数呈长期下降趋势，但武田鼓励那些“希望通过信息的力量保护人民”的人申请加入该机构。“从前线收集信息是一份充满挑战的工作,” 武田强调。
“Intelligence is essential for policy decisions,” said Masayuki Takeda, head of the agency’s personnel division. “It will become more important in the future.”While the number of students aspiring to become government employees is on a long-term declining trend, Takeda encouraged those who “wish to protect the people through the power of information” to apply to work at the agency. “Collecting information on the front lines is a challenging job,” Takeda stressed.