The Financial Services Agency published the results of public comments and other information concerning the proposed partial revisions to the Comprehensive Supervisory Guidelines for Major Banks and...
The Cabinet decided on the appointments of senior viceministers and parliamentary viceministers and announced the schedules for related certification ceremonies and meetings. If circumstances permit,...
Amid intensifying competition over industrial policy at home and abroad, the government sets out a policy to achieve a “strong economy” by enhancing growth potential through “responsible proactive...
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and IPA will launch a pilot project toward establishing a new system. Certified service providers will introduce support services to small and mediumsized...
The Financial Services Agency announced two consultation papers published by the BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities...
A collection of lessons learned extracted from ransomware damage cases by the Informationtechnology Promotion Agency, Japan Security Center. It organizes the characteristics of intrusiontype...
The Security Center of the Informationtechnology Promotion Agency, Japan, has published the August 2026 issue of the AI Security Bulletin, which introduces AI security trends and cases based on...
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) issued a letter from its Chair in connection with the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting and published it on its website on August 31, 2026....
The Bank of Japan announced that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) had published on its website on August 31 a letter issued in the chair’s name in connection with the G20 Finance Ministers and...
Because companies involved in vehicle production were affected by the Kumamoto earthquake, production delays have made compliance with the new standards scheduled to apply from September difficult....
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 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications determined that an unauthorized access incident in KDDI’s email system constituted a breach of the secrecy of communications because information in...