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U.S.-Japan Dialogue Reaffirms Cyber Cooperation

Thursday, July 28th, 2016

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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…

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