Japan a target of foreign election interference online, gov't says

Japan may be a target of disinformation by foreign actors to disrupt its elections, a government spokesman said Wednesday, as the country prepares to vote later this week in the House of Councillors race.Responding to a question about possible election interference via social media, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiko Aoki said at a regular press conference that Japan "is also becoming a target of influence operations."According to a report by the U.S. Harvard Kennedy School, influence operations often involve using fake social media accounts, altered videos and internet memes to amplif…READ FULL ARTICLE