specially designated secret
Legal term defined under the Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets (特定秘密保護法). Refers to classified information in areas such as defense, diplomacy, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism.
See also: 特定秘密保護法
Under the Specially Designated Secrets Protection Act, leaking a specially designated secret is severely punished.
The full name of the law that defines and protects 特定秘密. 特定秘密 is the secret itself, while 特定秘密保護法 is the legal framework.
Compound of 特定 (tokutei, 'specific' or 'designated') and 秘密 (himitsu, 'secret'). The term gained prominence with the 2014 Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets.