Prior to the government meeting, the threat of nuclear and missile programs from North Korea was addressed in the Defense Ministry’s annual paper. In the context of the information era, technologies are emerging day by day. “It is impossible to protect our country from every threat if our thinking is limited to conventional categories of land, sea and air”, said PM. Abe.
- Abe’s intention is to adjust the National Defense Program Guidelines which was last approved in 2013 with a higher defense capability. In addition, he asked Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera to review the guidelines on North Korea’s nuclear weapon development and China’s military force.
Apparently, problems in cybersecurity remains one of his major interests. In 2015, the Prime Minister was named the World Leader in Cybersecurity by BGF- MDI.
