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Aflac Japan reported a data breach on Tuesday that affected over 4 million customers.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2026
Aflac Japan reports data breach affecting over 4 million customers
For about 230,000 customers, information about premium payment accounts was also compromised.
KDDI has confirmed a cyberattack occurred on June 17 on its email system for internet service providers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2026
Information for 14 million email accounts possibly leaked in cyberattack on KDDI
The company said it would work with affected internet service providers to urge users to change their passwords, while continuing to investigate the extent of the damage.
A cyber extortion group has claimed that pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk refused the group's demand of $25 million after stealing more than a terabyte of data from the company.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2026
Hacking group claims major attack of Novo Nordisk and attempted $25 million extortion
FulcrumSec, a cyber extortion group that emerged in October 2025, has said in a message ‌posted online that it spent more than two months in Novo Nordisk’s ​networks stealing data.
The same artificial intelligence tools helping developers audit code in cryptocurrency are also lowering the barriers for attackers, creating an arms race across the industry, researchers say.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 15, 2026
Crypto token’s 50% wipeout shows magnitude of AI-hacking threat
The same AI tools helping developers audit code are also lowering the barriers for attackers, creating an arms race across the industry, researchers say.
Chris Inglis, who served as the first U.S. national cyber director in 2021-23, speaks during an interview on Tuesday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 27, 2026
Former U.S. cybersecurity chief urges IT reform in Japan
Systems that have been deployed in Japan for 20-30 years have “many weaknesses,” says Chris Inglis, the first U.S. national cyber director.
The Embassy of Cuba in Washington was the target of a Chinese hacking campaign that began in January.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 30, 2026
Chinese hackers spied on Cuban embassy as U.S. prepared blockade
The campaign began in January and compromised the emails of 68 officials, including the Cuban ambassador and the deputy chief of mission, researchers said.
The Reserve Bank of Australia building in Sydney
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 22, 2026
Reserve Bank of Australia monitoring Anthropic’s Mythos AI over cyberattack fears
Anthropic has said Mythos can identify and exploit vulnerabilities “in every major operating system and every major web browser when directed by a user.”
The U.K. has faced a string of highly disruptive cyberattacks in recent years, such as on the National Health Service and the country’s Royal Mail postal service.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2026
Iran and China drive regular significant cyberattacks, U.K. says
The U.K. is facing four consequential cyberattacks every week, the country’s top cybersecurity official is set to say in a speech, with China, Iran and Russia key adversaries.
Anthropic's new AI model, Mythos, could supercharge complex cyberattacks, experts have warned.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Apr 14, 2026
AI-boosted hacks with Anthropic’s Mythos could have dire consequences for banks
Claude Mythos ​Preview is capable ‌of identifying and exploiting previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in every major computer operating system and every major web browser.
A U.N. panel estimated in 2024 that North Korea had stolen more than $3 billion in cryptocurrency since 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 1, 2026
North Korea hackers suspected of attack on widely used software tool
Hackers linked to North Korea are suspected of an ambitious attack on an inconspicuous software package, cybersecurity experts said.
Researchers have uncovered spyware that is capable of penetrating millions of iPhones.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2026
Researchers find iPhone spyware that could compromise millions of devices
The second discovery this month of hacking tools targeting iPhones and other Apple devices shows the market for sophisticated malware is flourishing.
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, with some cases targeting large companies, a report by the National Police Agency shows.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2026
Ransomware attacks reported in Japan number 226 in 2025
Although some 60% of the victims were small and midsize companies, there were cases in which serious damage was inflicted on large companies.
Danny Wilson, brother of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, speaks outside Zorro Ranch, a property formerly owned by Jeffrey Epstein, on International Women’s Day near Stanley, New Mexico, on March 8. The legally mandated publication of U.S. Justice Department documents has exposed the dead financier's ties to prominent people in politics, finance, academia and business, triggering investigations in countries around the world.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2026
Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files FBI held, source and documents show
The source familiar with the breach said the intrusion was carried out by a foreign hacker who did not appear to realize they had penetrated a law enforcement server.
Asahi Group has said that a ransomware attack last September led to the leak of 115,513 sets of personal data.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2026
Asahi confirms 2025 cyberattack led to leak of 115,513 sets of personal data
The data included names and phone numbers of client companies’ executives and employees as well as names and addresses of current and past Asahi Group staff.
Attendees watch a cybersecurity presentation during the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, on April 26, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
CIA looks to speed up access to new tech in race against China
The U.S. spy agency announced plans for a new acquisition framework that would cut red-tape and optimize vendor vetting to quicken the ability deploy more innovative tools.
Attendees watch a presentation at the Palo Alto Networks booth during the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, in 2023.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 6, 2026
Hackers hit sensitive targets in 37 nations in vast spying plot
An Asian cyberespionage group has spent the past year breaking into computer systems belonging to governments and critical infrastructure organizations.
Asahi Breweries' sales fell by over 20% in December from a year earlier.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2026
Asahi Breweries’ sales fell over 20% in December, data shows, after cyberattack
Combined sales volumes of beer, happōshu quasi-beer and “third-segment” beer-like beverages at Japan’s three other major brewers rose by 2% in the month, an industry estimate says.
The average number of daily Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan in 2025 jumped 113% from 2023, when Taiwan’s security bureau first began publishing ‍such data.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 5, 2026
Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan infrastructure averaged 2.6 million a day in 2025, report says
Taiwan has ‍in recent ⁠years complained about what it sees as China’s “hybrid warfare” as Beijing ramps up military and political pressure on Taipei.
In a parliamentary debate with party leaders on Nov. 26, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to swiftly draw up legislation related to preventing information theft by foreign entities.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 31, 2025
Japan begins studying law to prevent foreign entities from stealing information
The focus will be how to balance the development of a counterintelligence system in light of the severe security environment surrounding Japan and protecting constitutional rights.
Askul said that a ransomware cyberattack discovered in October led to the mass leakage of data concerning its individual customers, corporate clients and employees.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2025
Askul says 740,000 sets of data breached in cyberattack
Askul said that no leakage of individual customers’ credit card information has been confirmed and that it has not paid a ransom to the attackers.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
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Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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