Officials from the U.S. and Japan held the 4th United States-Japan Bilateral Cyber Dialogue in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, reiterating the countries’ cyber cooperation.
The U.S. delegation was led by Christopher Painter, Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the State Department, and also included representatives from the National Security Council staff; the Departments of State, Homeland Security, Justice, Defense, and Commerce; as well as other agencies. Koichi Mizushima, Japan’s Ambassador in charge of Cyber Policy and Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Policy Bureau, led the Japanese delegation, which also included representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Security Secretariat, the National Center of Incident readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity, the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, the National Police Agency, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of Defense.
The meeting reaffirmed that both countries recognize the benefits of a whole-of-government approach on cyber policy. The U.S. and Japan also reinforced cooperation on a range of cyber issues including cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, capacity building, information sharing, military-to-military cyber cooperation, cybercrime, and international security issues in cyberspace, the State Department said.