The paper said Japan had taken steps to strengthen its networks, but cited unnamed officials as saying these were still deemed not sufficiently secure from spying by China, which could impede greater intelligence sharing between the Pentagon and Japan's Defence Ministry. The Post quoted one former US military official as saying the breach was "bad - shockingly bad" and that the head of the US National Security Agency flew to Tokyo to brief the Japanese defence minister, who asked the US officials to alert the prime minister. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a regular press briefing Japan could not confirm whether any security information had been leaked. "We continue to coordinate with one of our greatest partners in the region, we continue to conduct exercises and bilateral and trilateral meetings," she said.Įarlier this week, the Washington Post cited unnamed current and former US and Japanese officials as saying that Chinese military hackers gained access to Japan's classified defence networks in 2020, accessing information about the US ally's military capabilities, plans and assessments of shortcomings. Deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters the Pentagon remained "confident in our relationship with Japan".
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