AMERICA’S MOST RELIABLE ASIAN PARTNER
Japan is now America’s most trustworthy Asian partner despite its own new political upheaval, which saw Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lose his parliamentary majority.
Tokyo will need to handle its own safety flaws, particularly the solidity of its cybersecurity and data systems, for any intelligence sharing to work effectively. Before Tokyo took the necessary steps to secure its security systems, the US warned Japan that Chinese state thieves had infiltrated its security systems in 2023.
It’s obvious that Tokyo’s proceed in 2013 to complete the government’s first-ever legislation addressing top-secret material across defence and diplomacy simply wasn’t enough to protect regional secrets. More work must be done.
In response to the risks, Japan is now increasing defense spending, which its allies find encouraging. Additionally, it needs to effectively invest in enhancing security capabilities.
Part of the issue is factual. Due to the opposition of the government, the government hesitant to establish an intelligence community after World War II. Japan also has a lack of the CIA or the UK’s MI6, making it challenging for Japan to cooperate with Five Eyes with any human intelligence services, such as spying, surveillance, and espionage activities.
Tokyo must know the specifications that all lovers adhere to, and establish a separate division in charge of obtaining federal employees with access to information that is classified using accepted standards and procedures, according to the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.
This would give workers various levels of certification, which in turn would restrict access to classified data.