Japan and the United States, in their first talks on cyber issues, agreed that
cyberattacks threaten national security, the U.S. State Department said Friday.
The U.S.-Japan Cyber Dialogue "reflects our nations' broad engagement and
long-standing cooperation on important bilateral and global issues," a statement
released jointly by the United States and Japan Friday stated.
"The Cyber Dialogue is a consultation for exchanging cyberthreat information,
aligning international cyber policies, comparing national cyber strategies,
cooperating on planning and efforts to protect critical infrastructure and
discussing the cooperation on cyber areas in national defense and security
policy," the statement said.
The statement said the U.S.-Japan Cyber Dialogue strengthened bilateral
cooperation on a number of issues and bolstered the U.S.-Japan alliance by
exchanging information on cyber issues of mutual concern and discussing possible
cooperative measures, affirming common objectives in international cyber forum
and identifying actions governments and private sector entities can take to
secure critical infrastructure, among other things.
The statement said a second U.S.-Japan Cyber Dialogue will be in Washington
during the fourth quarter of this year.
