Japan To Ban More Foreign Telecom

 

 

The Japanese government will introduce new regulations for 14 critical infrastructure sectors to bolster cyber defenses, learning from the recent Colonial Pipeline hack that shut down a major energy artery in America's East Coast.

The sectors include telecommunications, electricity, finance, railroads, government services and health care, Nikkei has learned. The government will require operators of such key infrastructure to address national security concerns when procuring foreign-made equipment.

The potential for cyberattacks and information leaks has grown over the years as telecom carriers and public utilities increasingly rely on digital technologies to operate and monitor their facilities. Japan hopes to mitigate risks posed by compromised equipment and connections, especially amid growing concerns of data leaks from Chinese-made telecommunications equipment.

The government plans to amend the various laws governing each sector in one sweeping motion and add a clause requiring each sector to be conscious of national security risks.

Specifically, they will be required to look into issues stemming from the use of foreign equipment or services, including cloud data storage, as well as connections to servers located overseas.

The government will monitor companies for compliance and will suspend or cancel their license should any major issues arise. Detailed standards will likely be outlined in future government ordinances and guidelines.

Currently the government does not have a legal basis to assess national security risks when infrastructure operators upgrade their systems. 

The increased ability to remotely monitor and control infrastructure-related facilities has opened the sector up to greater cyber risks, like illicit programs built into servers, routers and other telecommunications equipment. There are growing concerns over data leaks through Chinese-made equipment and services in particular, especially since the Chinese government requires companies operating in the country to comply with information requests.

The Japanese government agencies in 2018 agreed to stop procuring equipment that could pose economic security risks. It now wants private-sector companies to follow similar standards.

The push comes after a ransomware attack this month on the Colonial Pipeline, one of the largest in the U.S., forced the government to relax rules on fuel transport. The attack was claimed by hacker group DarkSide.

Cyberattacks on infrastructure can cause major disruptions to daily life, but there is also concern that hackers could cause disasters like airplane accidents and floods by targeting air control systems and dams, or attempt to remotely shut down nuclear power facilities. 

Other countries are also imposing similar restrictions on tech-related procurement. The U.S. is requiring that companies seek prior approval to use Chinese-made technology equipment and services.

The U.K. has proposed legislation that would fine telecommunications companies up to a tenth of their revenue for not eliminating equipment made by China's Huawei Technologies from 5G networks. Sweden has told telecom providers to remove products by Huawei and compatriot ZTE from their networks by January 2025.

Nikkei

 

Miyazaki Quakes Raise Awareness Of Nanakai Trough

Japan Meteorological Agency Graphic Of Nankai Trough

The Central Disaster Prevention Council is urging reinforced countermeasures against a huge Nankai Trough earthquake in light of the recent activity along the trough in the last week.

Since Friday there have been a total of 7 earthquakes in the trough area near the Miyazaki coastline. The quakes have ranged in magnitude from 6.4 to 3.8.  Other quakes have occured since Tuesday in Kochi Prefecture on the island Shikoku, the bay of Hiroshima and in the Tokai bay off the coast of Southeast Aichi Prefecture.  These quakes ranged from 3 to 4.5.

Part of a review of disaster prevention steps based on the Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes has been underway since Saturday. 
 

The government is to review measures to send out disaster management information, which are in place based on the assumption that such a powerful earthquake is predictable. In the report, Shizuoka and Kochi prefectures, as well as the Chubu economic region centered in Nagoya, are selected as model areas, with discussion about specific disaster prevention measures. 

While there is no specific mention of reviewing the Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes itself, it states that disaster prevention steps should be reviewed on the grounds that "it is not possible to predict an earthquake with a high degree of certainty." 

In addition, there are four scenarios of a major earthquake occurring. These are: 1) a huge tremor occurring east of the hypocentral region of a major Nankai Trough earthquake; 2) a magnitude 7 earthquake occurring in the same hypocentral region; 3) observation of changes such as a decrease in the number of quakes -- as was the case before the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011; 4) and observation of ominous "sliding plates" that would suggest a Tokai tremor is imminent. 

In the case of 1) and 2), the probability of additional quakes occurring becomes higher, therefore making it necessary to consider evacuating residents in advance and other measures. In addition, in the case of 3), "it is not possible to determine whether this will lead to a major tremor," and therefore it is judged that prior evacuation measures are not possible. 

On the other hand, in the case of 4), the prime minister is supposed to issue warning statements in accordance with the Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes -- asking residents to evacuate in advance as well as halting public transport services. 

However, it has been pointed out that it is not possible to judge the extent to which an earthquake occurring has become more likely. But administrative bodies need to be on alert, but at the same time it is difficult to ask residents to evacuate in advance.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said yesterday, "We need to hurry ahead with these disaster prevention measures." In particular, disaster countermeasures in cases 1), 2) and 4) need to be revised. 

With regard to local authorities that have been selected as model districts in the report, aspects such as the kinds of residents who should be evacuated in advance, the length of the evacuation, and evacuation areas will be discussed. Based on this, local authorities will draw up guidelines relating to disaster prevention in their respective areas. 

Since the 6.4 quake in Miyazaki on Friday morning the latest aftershock earthquake occurred today at 7:20am in Hyuga Bay off the coast of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture with a magnitude of 3.7.  There were no reports of damage or injury.

NOAA Adds To The Lies Of AGW

Kimonori Ito - Science Contributor

Science is not about “consensus.” There was “consensus” about aether. There was “consensus” about the mass and age of the Sun, assuming it was made of pure coal.

Both were complete fantasy because the data the models were based on were inaccurate.

Man Made Climate Change (or Man Made Global Warming) shills love to quote the UN Climate Agency survey of 2009, but important information is left out.   Of 1000 scientists asked, “Is there a human component to global warming?” 300 replied. 288 of them said “Yes.”  That’s 98%.  Actually it is only 98% of those who replied, and only 1/3 of those surveyed replied.  288 of 1000 is actually 28%.

What wasn’t asked was, “How much influence do humans have?”

As a climatologist with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and a professor of Meteorology at Miyazaki University, I have a duty to report honestly on research that refutes pseudo-science.

In their “hottest year ever” press briefing, NOAA included this graph, which stated that they have a 58 year long radiosonde temperature record. But they only showed the last 37 years in the graph.

Here is why they are hiding the rest of the data. The earlier data showed as much pre-1979 cooling as the post-1979 warming.

I combined the two graphs at the same scale below, and put a horizontal red reference line in, which shows that the earth’s atmosphere has not warmed at all since the late 1950’s.

The omission of this data from the NOAA report, is just their latest attempt to defraud the public. NOAA’s best data shows no warming for 60 years. But it gets worse. The graph in the NOAA report shows about 0.5C warming from 1979 to 2010, but their original published data shows little warming during that period.

Due to Urban Heat Island Effects, the NOAA surface data shows nearly one degree warming from 1979 to 2010, but their original radiosonde data showed little warming during that time. Global warming theory is based on troposphere warming, which is why the radiosonde data should be used by modelers – instead of the UHI contaminated surface data.

NOAA’s original published radiosonde data showed little net troposphere warming from 1958 to 2010, when the data set ended.

The next graph shows how NOAA has altered their 850-300 mb temperature data since 2011. Another hockey stick of data tampering.

NOAA just lost its scientific credibility by posturing to political  interests rather than to honest science.

The collapse of the false "consensus" has been driven by reality. The fact of the matter is that the earth's temperatures have flat-lined since 2001, despite growing concentrations of C02. Peer-reviewed research has debunked doomsday scenarios about the polar ice caps, hurricanes, malaria, extinctions, rising oceans. A global financial crisis has politicians taking a harder look at the science that would require them to hamstring their economies to rein in carbon.

Dr. Kiminori Ito is Meterological Professor and Climate Science Chair at Miyazaki University.  Dr. Ito is the author of the 2010 book, Lies and Traps in the Global Warming Affairs.