> What this says of course is that software vendors and security vendors are not able to or not incentivized enough protect their users, to the point the govern

> What this says of course is that software vendors and security vendors are not able to or not incentivized enough protect their users, to the point the government needs to become more involved. I think it says something more specific to Japan than that. If you go on Shodan or do your own scans and compare Japan to other technologically advanced nations, you'll find a hell of a lot more random internet-exposed IP cameras, printers, etc. Do a quick search for the Server response header from a Brother printer, and you'll see what I mean. The way that people use computers in Japan is very different from how people use them in the West. I suspect that the way the organizations are structured, and the way that crime works in Japan, are a likely source of this difference.