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18th ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Policy Meeting Held

October 16, 2025

Joint press release with the National Cybersecurity Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication

Safety and Security

The 18th ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Policy Meeting (hereinafter "Policy Meeting") was held in Tokyo over two days from Wednesday, October 8, to Thursday, October 9, 2025.

The Policy Meeting has been held generally once a year since 2009, with the purpose of enhancing international collaboration and initiatives on cybersecurity among the ASEAN member states (hereafter "AMS") and Japan.

In this year's Policy Meeting, AMS and Japan exchanged information on the direction of initiatives related to the cybersecurity policies of each country, reviewed the outcomes of collaborative activities undertaken by AMS and Japan, and discussed future approaches to further collaborative activities.

1. Date and Time

Date/Location

Wednesday, October 8, and Thursday, October 9, 2025, in Tokyo

Co-Chairs

  • Japan (Prof. TAKAMIZAWA Nobushige, Senior Fellow at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo)
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic (Mr. Khamla Sounnalat, Director General, Department of Cyber Security, Ministry of Technology and Communications [MTC])

Attendees

  • Cybersecurity/telecommunications-related government agencies of AMS
  • The ASEAN Secretariat
  • Japan's National Cybersecurity Office (NCO), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

2. Main achievements

The future policy directions of AMS, the ASEAN Secretariat, and Japanese ministries responsible for promoting cybersecurity policy were shared. In addition, the outcomes of the following collaborative activities agreed upon at last year's Policy Meeting were reviewed, and the further promotion of collaborative activities was confirmed. Furthermore, agreement was reached to further strengthen collaboration between ASEAN and Japan, including public-private partnerships.

  • Development of the ASEAN―Japan Cybersecurity Reference
  • Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Workshop
  • Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration
  • Joint Mutual Notification
  • ASEAN-Japan Cyber Exercise
  • Joint Awareness Raising
  • Capacity Building
  • Working Group Operation

3. Upcoming schedule

The 19th Policy Meeting is scheduled to be held around October 2026 in the Kingdom of Thailand.

Divisions in Charge

  • Cybersecurity Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI

  • National Cybersecurity Office, Cabinet Secretariat

  • Office of the Director-General for Cybersecurity, MIC

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