Japan Prioritizes Cyber Resilience in Latest National Security Push

During the years 2026, Japan positioned economic strategy and security readiness as deeply intertwined priorities, emphasizing national resilience as a core priority. This package of comprehensive economic measures was approved by the Japanese government in November 2025 for a cost of 21.3 trillion yen, one of the most expansive economic policy responses in recent years. 

Three core pillars of the plan aimed at enhancing long-term national security and everyday stability were outlined as the plan’s three key components: strengthening the security of citizens and dealing with rising price pressures; accelerating strategic investments so as to make the country more resilient to future crises and to drive sustainable growth, and increasing the capacity of the country’s diplomatic and defense systems. 

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has designated cybersecurity as a strategic investment domain within the second pillar of the government, aligned with other national-critical sectors, such as semiconductors, quantum computing technology, shipbuilding, space exploration, critical communications infrastructure, vital minerals, and the development of advanced information and communication technologies. 

Among other things, this declaration marked the beginning of a decisive shift towards treating cyber defense as a fundamental part of Japan’s economic and geopolitical re

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