"US Navy Sailor in Japan Faces Espionage Charges"

A US Navy sailor stationed in Japan, Bryce Pedicini, has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing classified information to a foreign government. He is accused of handing over documents and attempting to provide photographs of a military computer screen to foreign agents. Pedicini, a chief petty officer fire controlman, has been in custody since May 2023 and faces a court martial. The investigation is ongoing, and it is unclear which country he was allegedly attempting to pass documents to or the contents of the files. This incident follows the recent case of another sailor, Wenheng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to passing information to Chinese intelligence while working at a California naval base.