Japan
We've curated 20 cybersecurity statistics about Japan to help you understand how the country is tackling cyber threats, especially in the wake of recent high-profile attacks and its unique technological advancements in 2025.
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In December 2025, Japan had 18%, the UK had 16%, and the US had 12% of organizations classified as 'Exceptional' in AppSec maturity.
Only 56% of Japanese respondents reported experiencing an identity-related breach in the past three years.
81% of Japanese organizations reported operating in both hybrid and on-premise environments, which is 6 points higher than the global average.
Japan ranks #1 in the proportion of organizations using passwordless as the primary authentication method.
71% of Japanese respondents identified phishing as the top threat facing their organization, significantly higher than the global average.
Respondents in Japan (24%) and the Czech Republic (27%) are less swayed by great deals.
32% of respondents in Japan identify improving crisis management as a top security convergence goal.
45% of respondents in Japan identify optimizing cloud security as a top security convergence goal.
29% of respondents in Japan identify enhancing threat visibility as a top security convergence goal.
In Japan, concern about AI compromising security increased from 31% in 2024 to 74% in 2025 (a 43 percentage point increase).
Asia-Pacific and Japan lead in projected insider threat growth (69%).
In Japan, 48,000+ internet-connected healthcare devices and systems are exposed, endangering patient data.
In Japan, 48,000+ internet-connected healthcare devices and systems are exposed, endangering patient data.
Japanese consumers are the least likely to disapprove of selling data on (26% saying so).
Japan had a third-party breach rate of 60%.
66% of organisations in Japan say they recover data from public cloud for backup and recovery purposes, at least monthly. This is lower than the APAC average of 80%
A staggering 65% of Japan organisations say egress or other data access fees associated with moving their data out of public cloud have delayed IT or business initiatives. This is much higher than the APAC average of 50%.
47% of organisations in Japan are using a mix of traditional on-premises and cloud storage.
63% of businesses in Japan exceeding their cloud storage budget.
Fees eat up nearly half (49%) of total public cloud storage bills for Japan enterprises.