Time is short. Therefore, I want to go right to the heart of my subject. The US has the world's largest economy. It is the world's biggest user of advanced information technology. Its military power and national economy depend on America's critical infrastructures and information systems.
Japan has the world's second largest economy.
It has some of the world's largest and most advanced high-technology firms, including NEC, Toshiba, and Hitachi. It has some of the best minds in the world considering how to protect computer networks against intruders. The President's budget presupposes the existence of an extensive, detailed, coordinated policy to fight cyberterrorism, and overcome a cyberterrorist attack. And yet Japan, one of the world's leading technology powers, falls way behind the US in terms of developing and implementing a national counter-cyberterrorism policy and strategy. In fact, Japan's policy efforts in this area fall behind those of even some Asian countries.