Japan as too vulnerable
The idea of using citizens as public diplomats is nothing unique to VANK. One example is the Israeli government's “peer-to-peer diplomacy” program, which educates and utilizes diasporas (Jews who have settled outside Palestine),
It is not uncommon for countries to use citizens as public diplomats, such as focusing on activities to create friendly foreigners.
However, as in the case of the Korean government, there is no other country in the world where the anti-Japanese era continues to this day. There is no doubt that VANK exists behind the Korean government. With the existence of VANK, the attitude of the Korean government has not changed. The threat of influence operations is not limited to diplomacy. As seen in the Russian interference to the U.S. Election for President in 2016, leading public opinion through SNS and spreading fake news via movies are expected to be even more popular in near future.
In the case of IRA, a Russian company mentioned earlier, did activities like spreading fake news via SNS and political advertisements onto the social media, after gaining PayPal payment service accounts with illegally gained information of social security numbers and birthdays.
The e-Gov service provided by the Japanese government (e-Gov: Provides comprehensive search and guidance services for administrative information provided by each ministry and the Internet as well as online application to them) does not check nationalities when it accepts public comments (public opinion solicitation procedure based on the Administrative Procedure Law). Based on the fact, it is necessary to doubt the result of the public comment in the future.
As the threat of influence operations continues to grow, I have to say that Japan's measures are too vulnarable.
Principal Institute of Information Assurance for National Security Japan Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1955. Former Professor of the University of Aizu. Graduated from Kobe University Maritime Science Faculty in '78. After working at a non-life insurance company, he joined Pricewaterhouse CPA in 1983, a US international auditing firm, and was in charge of security auditing for major IT manufacturers and major telecommunications carriers as Manager of the System Auditing Department. Since then, gained field experience at several system consulting companies and security consulting companies. Incumbent from 2016. In research activities, we interview the parties and stakeholders directly with the creed of "confirming the facts with our own eyes". Authored "the War for Information Nation and Japan "(Kadokawa Shinsho).
