Cybersecurity

Japan’s Cyber Chief Warns Nation Still Behind on Cybersecurity

National Cyber Director Yoichi Iida

Photographer: Alastair Gale/Bloomberg

Japan still lags behind the US and Europe in defending against cyber threats and improvements are needed across the corporate sector, the nation’s new cyber chief said.

“We have our intention to improve our capability, but it’s just started,” National Cyber Director Yoichi Iida said in an interview with Bloomberg News on the sidelines of a cybersecurity conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.