Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday instructed a minister to craft a bill to boost Japan’s “active cyber defense” capabilities to prevent cyberattacks against the country by monitoring early warning signs. “It is an increasingly urgent task to enhance Japan’s ability to deal with cyberattacks in light of the current security environment,” Kishida said at the first meeting of a government panel involving experts in the field. As the government aims to submit the bill to parliament as early as an extraordinary session in the fall, Digital Minister Taro Kono, who attended the gathering, reques…