Digitalization and cyber threat challenges to the industrial sector and society: change of nature or change of dimension?

Yasuo Tanabe is Managing Director of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, which is a joint venture between the Japanese government and the European Commission to promote economic exchanges (since July 2020). He has 32 years of government experience at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), mostly specialized on trade and energy policy and negotiation. Thereafter, he has served in senior executive positions of Hitachi, Ltd. in charge of government and external relations for 9 years. He has a MA of International Relations from Stanford University and a BA of Law from University of Tokyo.