[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":91},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-\u002Fnews\u002Fjapan-sets-2035-government-pqc-target":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"authorTitle":7,"authorUrl":8,"body":9,"canonical":8,"category":43,"date":44,"description":45,"draft":46,"extension":47,"faqs":48,"findingsSource":8,"geo":58,"image":60,"industries":61,"keyFindings":8,"meta":64,"modified":65,"navigation":66,"path":67,"pullquote":8,"recommendations":8,"references":68,"related":72,"seo":79,"seoTitle":80,"signposts":8,"slug":81,"stats":8,"stem":82,"tags":83,"tldr":89,"__hash__":90},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fjapan-sets-2035-government-pqc-target.md","Japan Sets a 2035 Government Post-Quantum Target, With a Roadmap in FY2026","ArcQubit Team","",null,{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":39},"minimark",[12,17,24,27,30,33],[13,14,16],"h2",{"id":15},"japan-sets-a-2035-government-post-quantum-target","Japan sets a 2035 government post-quantum target",[18,19,20],"p",{},[21,22,23],"strong",{},"20 NOVEMBER 2025, TOKYO",[18,25,26],{},"Japan set a government post-quantum target of 2035, in principle, on 20 November 2025. The target gives the country's government a horizon for transitioning to post-quantum cryptography, and Japan plans to publish a detailed roadmap in FY2026 that fills in the steps behind it.",[18,28,29],{},"The phrase \"in principle\" signals a target rather than a hard legal deadline. It commits the government to a 2035 horizon while leaving the FY2026 roadmap to define how the transition happens. Organizations should read it as firm direction, since a stated government target shapes procurement and planning even before the detailed document arrives.",[18,31,32],{},"The sequencing, a target now and a roadmap later, is common in national post-quantum programs. It lets a government fix the destination while taking time to work out the route. For Japanese agencies and their suppliers, the 2035 target already sets the planning horizon, and the FY2026 roadmap will add the concrete timelines and responsibilities.",[18,34,35,38],{},[21,36,37],{},"Why it matters."," Japan has joined the group of jurisdictions using a 2035 horizon for government post-quantum migration, giving its agencies and vendors a clear planning target. The FY2026 roadmap will turn that target into actionable steps. Suppliers to the Japanese government can begin cryptographic discovery now, confident that the direction is set and that more detailed requirements are on the way.",{"title":7,"searchDepth":40,"depth":40,"links":41},2,[42],{"id":15,"depth":40,"text":16},"Policy","2025-11-20","Japan set a government post-quantum target of 2035 in principle in November 2025, with a detailed migration roadmap to follow in FY2026.",false,"md",[49,52,55],{"q":50,"a":51},"What is Japan's post-quantum target?","Japan set a target of 2035, in principle, for its government to transition to post-quantum cryptography. The announcement came on 20 November 2025 and sets the horizon, with a detailed roadmap to follow in FY2026 that fills in the steps.",{"q":53,"a":54},"What does 'in principle' mean here?","The phrase signals a target rather than a hard legal deadline. It commits the government to a 2035 horizon while leaving room for the FY2026 roadmap to define how the transition happens and to adjust details, so organizations should treat it as firm direction.",{"q":56,"a":57},"When will the detailed roadmap appear?","Japan plans to publish the detailed roadmap in FY2026. That document is expected to translate the 2035 target into concrete steps, timelines and responsibilities, so agencies and their suppliers will have more specific guidance to plan against once it is released.",[59],"tokyo","\u002Fassets\u002Fog-default.png",[62,63],"Government Facilities","Cross-Sector",{},"2026-09-11",true,"\u002Fnews\u002Fjapan-sets-2035-government-pqc-target",[69],{"label":70,"url":71},"Government of Japan, Cabinet cybersecurity authorities, \"Post-quantum cryptography government transition target,\" Nov. 20, 2025.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nisc.go.jp\u002Feng\u002F",[73,76],{"label":74,"url":75},"Japan's CRYPTREC Adds Post-Quantum Algorithms to Its Approved Ciphers List","\u002Fnews\u002Fjapan-cryptrec-adds-pqc-ciphers-list",{"label":77,"url":78},"Japan FSA Study Group Urges Banks to Start Post-Quantum Work Now","\u002Fnews\u002Fjapan-fsa-study-group-urges-banks-start-now",{"title":5,"description":45},"Japan Sets a 2035 Government Post-Quantum Target","japan-sets-2035-government-pqc-target","news\u002Fjapan-sets-2035-government-pqc-target",[84,85,86,87,88],"PQC migration","2035 deadline","quantum readiness","for government","post-quantum cryptography","Japan set a government post-quantum target of 2035 in principle in November 2025, and will publish a detailed migration roadmap in FY2026.","fVmJE8g69cb--Sq72_qTLrPxFF25nE51_31AnruCZbI",1792182886211]