{"id":4430,"date":"2018-11-16T05:20:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T05:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/japans-cyber-security-minister-has-never-used-a-computer\/"},"modified":"2018-11-16T05:20:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T05:20:07","slug":"japans-cyber-security-minister-has-never-used-a-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/japans-cyber-security-minister-has-never-used-a-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s cyber-security minister has &#8216;never used a computer&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Yoshitaka Sakurada\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/ADF7\/production\/_104353544_ab9fa5b2-e35a-43ad-8987-5cc2fdc4e4ab.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Yoshitaka Sakurada said his lack of experience with computers should not pose a problem<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Japan&#8217;s new cyber-security minister has dumbfounded his country by saying he has never used a computer.<\/p>\n<p>Yoshitaka Sakurada made the admission to a committee of lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since I was 25 years old and independent I have instructed my staff and secretaries. I have never used a computer in my life,&#8221; he said, according to a translation <a href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2018\/11\/e89e7090bd22-japans-cybersecurity-chief-says-he-has-never-used-a-computer.html\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">by the Kyodo news agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 68-year-old was appointed to his post last month.<\/p>\n<p>His duties include overseeing cyber-defence preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-45080980\" class=\"story-body__link\">Tokyo 2020: Japan debates daylight saving to avoid heat<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-43221985\" class=\"story-body__link\">Tokyo 2020 Olympic mascots unveiled after children&#8217;s vote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A politician from the opposition Democratic Party, Masato Imai, whose question had prompted the admission, expressed surprise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I find it unbelievable that someone who is responsible for cyber-security measures has never used a computer,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Sakurada responded that other officials had the necessary experience and he was confident there would not be a problem.<\/p>\n<p>However, his struggle to answer a follow-up question about whether USB drives were in use at the country&#8217;s nuclear power stations caused further concern.<\/p>\n<p>The disclosure has been much discussed on social media where the reaction has been a mix of astonishment and hilarity, with some noting that at least it should mean Mr Sakurada would be hard to hack. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-46222026\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Reuters Image caption Yoshitaka Sakurada said his lack of experience with computers should not pose a problem Japan&#8217;s new cyber-security minister has dumbfounded his country by saying he has never used a computer. Yoshitaka Sakurada made the admission to a committee of lawmakers. &#8220;Since I was 25 years old and independent I have &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}