Kyodo News reported Japanese government networks experienced unauthorized access and a suspected information leak.

PBOC Deputy Governor Lu Lei told a State Council Information Office briefing on Sept. 10 that China has formally released the 15th Five-Year Plan for building a financial power. To implement the plan, the PBOC has issued its own 15th Five-Year reform and development plan and rolled out nine supporting action plans across related sectors.

Sept. 7-10 — The China Coast Guard in Hangzhou hosted the 22nd senior officials meeting of Asia-region coast guard agencies. Delegates said the region’s maritime security environment is multi-faceted and complex, with overlapping non-traditional security challenges, and agreed that strengthened multilateral law-enforcement cooperation is necessary and urgent to maintain regional maritime stability and support sustainable marine development.