ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes public documents and draws on personal interviews with relevant organizations to shed light on the current organizational arrangements for cybersecurity in Japan. It deals with an overview of various forms of cyber threats and attacks before analyzing how Japanese government agencies responded to the July 2009 attacks against the United States and South Korea, in particular the cooperation and competition between intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Growing concerns regarding cybersecurity, especially in light of the 2009 attacks, have added a new dimension to Japan's intelligence activities. To provide a broad picture of cybersecurity in East Asia, the chapter concludes with a brief overview of the recent situation in these two countries. For example, in February 2010, the South Korean government proposed to set up an organization for international cybersecurity under the United Nations and to locate it in Seoul.
