All national dailies other than Sankei reported that the GOJ decided yesterday to expand the geographical scope of its technical and personnel support for strengthening cybersecurity abroad, saying that in addition to the ASEAN members, countries in the Indo-Pacific region such as India and African nations will be given various types of assistance so the local governments can defend their own infrastructure against cyberattacks. Tokyo is reportedly aiming to extend support for capacity building to a greater number of nations to counter China and Russia.