In this episode of Japan Memo, Yuka Koshino and Mariko Togashi host Matsubara Mihoko, chief cybersecurity strategist at NTT Corporation and research associate for Cyber, Space and Future Conflict at the IISS.

Yuka, Mariko and Mihoko-san analyse Japan’s approaches to cybersecurity, notably following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, offer perspectives on Japan’s cyber capabilities and their impact on national security, and give a rundown of the state of cybersecurity at Japan’s commercial level.

Topics discussed include:

• Hybrid warfare in Ukraine and its impact on Japan’s cyber policies
• Japan’s views on China’s increasing technological and cyber capabilities
• Japan’s cyber capabilities and its strengths and weaknesses
• Incorporating cyber into the upcoming defence document revisions
• How cybersecurity fits into Japan’s economic security framework

The following literature is recommended by our guest to gain a clearer picture of the topics discussed:

• “サイバーセキュリティ 組織を脅威から守る戦略・人材・インテリジェンス”, 松原 実穂子 (“Cybersecurity to Protect the Way of Our Digital Life” by Matsubara Mihoko)

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Date of Recording: 4 October 2022

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