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| Defense Secretary Ash Carter gives a challenge coin to Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani after a dinner hosted by Nakatani at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Tokyo, April 8, 2015 (Image: Wiki Commonms) |
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The growing threat of digital attacks moves Washington and Tokyo closer together in trying to secure cyberspace.
Two days ago, the U.S.-Japan Cyber Defense Policy Working Group issued a joint statement pledging closer cooperation (PDF) between the United States and Japan on cyber defense issues.
The working group, set up in October 2013, notes the “growing level of sophistication among malicious cyber actors, including non-state and state-sponsored actors, who are increasingly willing to demonstrate their intent and ability to do harm against information systems, critical infrastructure and services upon which our people, economies, governments, and defense forces rely.”
Consequently, in the face of these ever-increasing threats emerging from cyberspace, Tokyo and Washington agreed to step up their joint cyber deterrence posture and “take appropriate cooperative actions,” according to the released statement.
Read the full story at The Diplomat