Cyber dystopia loading: Trump/Ishiba alliance, new CCP-style surveillance law in Japan’s future?

Japan’s new prime minister (PM) Shigeru Ishiba has instructed the government’s Minister for Digital Transformation (DX), Masaaki Taira, to accelerate work toward an “active cyber defense” bill. Given the proposed bill’s scope and Ishiba’s friendliness toward Trump and the U.S. war machine, the Japanese are worried this could mean Communist-style public surveillance and a more