Initial Disclosure Date: Apr 22, 2014

On April 15, 2014, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)’s cyber security committee submitted a proposal for better cyber security to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. The party emphasized the necessity of establishing a basic law for cyber security, especially to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic games in 2020.^(footnote:1)

The document also recommended that the Japanese government should make a new law to give more legal authorities to the Information Security Policy Council and its secretariat, the National Information Security Center (NISC). The LDP argued that the new legislation should require the head of each ministry and agency to submit necessary information to the council in order to make the council as the command of cyber security for Japan.^(footnote:2)

On the same day, the LDP and another ruling party, New Komeito, decided to launch a working group for better cyber security. The working group will discuss what legislations need to be revised and how much budgets are needed for cyber security measures.^(footnote:3)

Sources:

1. Liberal Democratic Party, “Wagakuni no saiba sekyuriti taisei no kyoka ni mukete no teigen [Proposal to enhance Japan’s cyber security],” April 10, 2014,
   http://www.hirataku.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/6b98e5eeff44c9f7df98a4a7fd85f70e.pdf
2. Liberal Democratic Party, “Wagakuni no saiba sekyuriti taisei no kyoka ni mukete no teigen [Proposal to enhance Japan’s cyber security],” April 10, 2014,
   http://www.hirataku.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/6b98e5eeff44c9f7df98a4a7fd85f70e.pdf
   Shikoku Shimbun, “Saiba kogeki taisaku kyoka he teigen teisyutsu/Hirai IT senryaku iin-cho ra [Hirai, LDP IT Committtee Chairperson, submitted a proposal for better cyber defenses],” April 16, 2014,
   http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/kagawa_news/administration/20140416000115
3. Jiji, “Saiba taisaku kyoka de yoto chimu [the ruling coalition launched a new team for better cyber defenses],” April 15, 2014,
   http://www.jiji.com/jc/zc?k=201404/2014041500795

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