Japan security: Parliament passes new law to launch National Intelligence Council

The Japanese parliament has approved legislation that would upgrade existing - and create new units to - centralise the collection and analysis of intelligence, in what some call the most significant overhaul since World War II. The Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office will be upgraded to a bureau with greater authority, while a National Intelligence Council will replace the current council, with the new entity to be chaired directly by the prime minister. Michiyo Ishida reports.