{
  "id": 10782268,
  "title": "Japan Shifts to Proactive Cyberdefense: An Interview with Policymaker Taira Masaaki",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/japan-shifts-to-proactive-cyberdefense-an-interview-with-policymaker",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T21:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com",
    "slug": "nippon-com",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d01261/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In Japan as elsewhere, national security policy is scrambling to keep up with the burgeoning opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence. Former cybersecurity tsar Taira Masaaki discusses Japan’s response, including groundbreaking new legislation, in an exclusive interview with Takenaka Harukata.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}