Japan spearheads pan-Asia alliance to tackle cybersecurity

27-member regime, including China and Russia, to be proposed this summer

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Cyberattacks have increased in recent years, and developing nations face a higher risk of being targeted. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

JUNNOSUKE KOBARA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan will work with dozens of other countries and organizations to create the Asia-Pacific's first alliance to fight cyberattacks, hoping to enhance the region's cybersecurity by enlisting Russia and China, Nikkei has learned.

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