Japan’s Cybersecurity Policies

The period covered in this article begins with the cyberattacks on Japan in 2000, which prompted the country to earnestly engage in enhancing its cybersecurity capabilities, and extends to the cybersecurity threats associated with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and ransomware attacks that occurred in the summer of 2023. This paper aims to review the cybersecurity policies and international cooperation that Japan has thus far pursued and examine future policies that Japan is required to develop as the threat landscape has changed.
 

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