Tensions between China and Japan have escalated as China Coast Guard vessels began issuing warnings last month to Japanese Self-Defense Forces planes to leave airspace over the Japan-controlled, China-claimed Senkaku Islands. In response to growing security concerns, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military have named China as a hypothetical enemy for the first time in their joint command post exercise. Furthermore, the U.S. government informed Japan in 2020 about a hack of its telecommunications system handling classified diplomatic information by Chinese cyberattacks. The U.S. has warned Japan that its cybersecurity measures are insufficient and urged the country to improve its ability to mount an active cyberdefense. In related developments, the Chinese Coast Guard said it drove away a Philippine coast guard vessel from waters adjacent to Huangyan Island, and China conducts intrusive patrols near Vietnam's gas fields to assert jurisdiction over contested waters in the South China Sea, including blockading Philippine ships from Scarborough Shoal, in defiance of international law.
During joint military exercises, Japan and the United States considered China as a potential enemy for the first time. This action was taken on the grounds that there was a possibility of conflict in Taiwan due to a perceived attack by Beijing in the future. The joint Japan-US… https://t.co/QtbirrjURh
#China's coast guard ships continue blockading #Philippine ships from Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc - Huangyan Dao) in violation of the 2016 UNCLOS #SouthChinaSea Arbitration Ruling. China won't allow international law to get in the way of expanding its empire. https://t.co/BMzjc3UXQN
The secrecy of communications guaranteed by Japan's Constitution may have to be compromised on some occasions as the government seeks to implement an active cyber defense, a government official has said. https://t.co/0QL3pgmPHK https://t.co/bzfcNRywbn
The U.S. government informed Japan in 2020 that its telecommunications system that handles classified diplomatic information had been hacked by China, and encouraged it improve vulnerable computer programs. https://t.co/1ir15ib4qG
Japan’s cybersecurity measures ‘too little, too late,’ U.S. warns; vulnerabilities exposed by Chinese hackers https://t.co/sWr4b2L5GS
Japan must heighten its ability to mount an active cyberdefense, but a number of issues remain to be resolved https://t.co/PnxBPhiYqY
Feb 5th: 🇨🇳#China Coast Guard 5402 conducted an intrusive patrol into 🇻🇳#Vietnam's gas fields near Vanguard Bank. It was shadowed by fisheries surveillance vessel Kiem Ngu 261. China conducts intrusive patrols to assert jurisdiction over contested waters (https://t.co/XMHhupl45m) https://t.co/GJvBDr9qSW
Japan revealed Monday that its foreign ministry had been the target of what it said was a Chinese cyber attack, one day after Japanese and U.S. forces, engaging in a joint drill, named Beijing as the hypothetical enemy for the first time. https://t.co/PmNJKQaZk0
The Chinese Coast Guard said on Monday that it drove away a Philippine coast guard vessel that intruded into waters adjacent to the Huangyan Island in accordance with Chinese law. https://t.co/7t5BlBQiLe
#Taiwan detects five Chinese military vessels & two aircraft around nation https://t.co/ElBXBKc715
Classified Japanese diplomatic info leaked after Chinese cyberattacks https://t.co/w1XMcWyedO
Classified Japanese diplomatic information was leaked following Chinese cyberattacks on the Foreign Ministry in 2020, a government source has said. https://t.co/4xr9e4OBzc
Classified Japanese diplomatic info leaked after Chinese cyberattacks in 2020: Classified Japanese diplomatic information was leaked following Chinese cyberattacks on the Foreign Ministry in 2020, a government source said Monday,… https://t.co/XuYjBfztyn #japannews #japantoday
China named as hypothetical enemy for 1st time in Japan-U.S. exercise: The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military named China as a hypothetical enemy for the first time in their joint command post exercise, government… https://t.co/Lenc4MZ9U2 #japannews #japantoday
China named as hypothetical enemy for 1st time in Japan-U.S. exercise https://t.co/1EKoUokK7a
China named as hypothetical enemy for 1st time in Japan-U.S. exercise. Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military named China as a hypothetical enemy for the first time in their joint command post exercise. https://t.co/jnI4WzrvMe
#China ships warn #Japan Air Force planes to leave airspace near Senkaku Islands China Coast Guard vessels began last month to issue warnings for Japanese Self-Defense Forces planes to leave airspace over and around the Japan-controlled, China-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East… https://t.co/bGUK9tW6ao