19th Japan-ASEAN Cybersecurity Policy Meeting Held
Overview
The 19th Japan-ASEAN Cybersecurity Policy Meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 27 and 28, 2026. Participants exchanged information on each country’s policy direction and reviewed the results of cooperation activities. They agreed to advance future activities and strengthen public-private collaboration. The 20th meeting is scheduled to take place in Japan around October next year.
Key points
- Participants confirmed the advancement of future cooperation activities and agreed to further strengthen collaboration between Japan and ASEAN, including public-private cooperation.
- ASEAN member states, the ASEAN Secretariat, and Japanese government ministries and agencies responsible for promoting policy shared their approaches to future initiatives.
- The 20th meeting is scheduled to be held in Japan around October next year.
Overview
The Japan-ASEAN Cybersecurity Policy Meeting has been held approximately once a year since 2009 to strengthen international cooperation and initiatives between Japan and ASEAN countries in the field of cybersecurity.
The 19th meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 27 and 28, 2026. Participants exchanged information on policy directions, reviewed the results of cooperation activities, and discussed how to proceed with future cooperation.
Impact
Participants shared the results of cooperation activities agreed at last year’s meeting and agreed to further advance future activities and strengthen collaboration between Japan and ASEAN, including public-private cooperation.
Details
The meeting lasted two days, with Japan and Thailand serving as co-chairs. Japan’s chair was Shorin Takemizawa, Senior Fellow at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Thailand’s chairs were Deputy Director-General Teerawut Wittayakorn and Special Expert Sirinart Rakwon.
Attendees included relevant ministries and agencies of ASEAN member states, the ASEAN Secretariat, Japan’s National Cybersecurity Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Cooperation activities include preparing the Japan-ASEAN Cybersecurity Policy Handbook, workshops on critical infrastructure protection, public-private-academic collaboration, joint mutual notifications, Japan-ASEAN cyber exercises, joint awareness-raising, capacity building, and the operation of working groups.
The next, 20th Policy Meeting is scheduled to be held in Japan around October next year.