On August 6, 2026, the Financial Services Agency, together with the National Police Agency, again requested that the Japan CryptoAsset Exchange Association further strengthen measures to prevent...
The Financial Services Agency announced that the G7 Cyber Expert Group conducted the 2026 CrossBorder Coordination Exercise on July 31, 2026. A link to the press release in the original language and...
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will issue a ministerial letter to prefectural governors and municipal mayors nationwide to strengthen cybersecurity measures, including responses...
Announced on August 3, 2026. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National center of incident readiness and strategy for cybersecurity, National Police Agency, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of...
Japan's Ministry of Defense announced the results of the 12th Cyber Defense Policy Working Group (CDPWG), held at the U.S. Department of War on July 31, 2026. The meeting shared the current cyber...
On July 31, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Police Agency, and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry jointly issued, with likeminded countries including the...
Prime Minister Takaichi explained at the 6th Cybersecurity Strategy Headquarters meeting that Cybersecurity 2026 and other measures had been decided, and directed action in three areas: responding to...
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the National Cybersecurity Office of the Cabinet Secretariat jointly signed the international guidance “2026 Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of...
Based on its ongoing analysis of financial institutions' system outages and cyber incidents since 2019, the Financial Services Agency compiled and released its restructured Analysis Report on IT...
The Informationtechnology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) will hold a talentdevelopment event focused on the cybersecurity that supported operations at Expo 2025 OsakaKansai. The Expo ran from April 13...
IPA has published and revised a requirementsdevelopment guide to balance the stable provision of services by systems handling critical information with autonomy that preserves control during...
The Informationtechnology Promotion Agency (IPA), an incorporated administrative agency, published statistics on consultations received from individuals by its Information Security Consultation Desk...
The Informationtechnology Promotion Agency, Japan published statistics and case studies for 302 consultations handled by its corporate cybersecurity consultation desk from April through June 2026....
IPA’s SCS Evaluation System is a new evaluation framework designed to raise the level of security measures across the entire business and IT service supply chain. It envisions a mechanism in which...
The Informationtechnology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) and the AI Safety Institute (AISI) have publicly released “Security Tips for AI Users” and “AI Security Brief,” which support the safe use,...
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency (CSA) signed a memorandum of cooperation on mutual recognition of cybersecurity schemes for IoT products on March...
The Informationtechnology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry revised the DX Promotion Indicators in February 2026 based on the Digital Governance Code 3.0....
The Informationtechnology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA; President: Yu Saito) announced on January 29, 2026, the information security threats that had the greatest social impact in 2025 as the “2026...
The Financial Services Agency is advancing innovation in areas such as fintech, crypto assets, blockchain, AI, and stablecoins through consultations, support for overseas asset managers and others...
This article introduces research findings and other materials published in Volumes 45, Issues 1 through 3, of Financial Research, the journal of the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank...