[Japan Launches 10 Billion Yen Emergency Cybersecurity Plan to Strengthen Defenses with AI] Golden Finance reports that on November 6th, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced an emergency cybersecurity measures plan aimed at urging the government to take a more proactive stance in responding to cyberattacks. This comes after a series of security breaches have impacted Japanese businesses. Takaichi stated that the plan will include leveraging artificial intelligence to strengthen basic defenses and cyberattack response capabilities. The government has allocated approximately 10 billion yen (about US$63.2 million) for these measures, which include strengthening cyberattack investigation and analysis capabilities and providing support to victims. During a cabinet meeting on Friday evening discussing the plan, Takaichi said, "Even now, unauthorized access and data breaches are still occurring, potentially having a significant impact on people's lives and the business world." She urged the government to take all necessary measures to enhance the nation's ability to respond to such incidents. The recent series of cyberattacks, and the discovery of security vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language used by some websites, have made responding quickly to cybersecurity threats a pressing task for Japanese businesses and the government.