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...
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) published Version 4.0 of the Information Security Guidelines for Small and Mediumsized Enterprises on March 27, 2026. While maintaining the...
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...
On July 7, 2026, in Ankara, Turkey, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, together with Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, attended a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the IndoPacific...
This is a report on a survey of responsibilities and basic initiatives of cyber infrastructure operators, conducted as part of the FY2024 SME Foreign Economic Policy Promotion Project by METI. The...
Survey Purpose and Background This survey was conducted as a FY2024 METI commissioned project to comprehensively analyze the impact of digitalization progress in Japan's industrial sectors on...
Securing and Developing Industrial Human Resources... Securing and Developing Industrial Human Resources...
Survey Overview and Objectives This survey was conducted as a FY2024 METI commissioned project to analyze current status, challenges, and future development directions in the relevant sector. The...