Cyberdefense inaction outweighs privacy risks for Japan: U.K. ex-judge

Head of investigatory oversight body lays out how London strikes balance

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U.K. Investigatory Powers Commissioner Brian Leveson speaks with Nikkei in Tokyo. (Photo by Takumi Kobayashi)

NAOYA YOSHINO

TOKYO -- While Japan's recent efforts to beef up active cyberdefense have raised public concerns, the government must "take steps to protect society, even at the cost of some limited invasion of privacy," U.K. Investigatory Powers Commissioner Brian Leveson, a retired High Court judge, told Nikkei in a recent interview.

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