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LEAKAGE

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2018
Prince Hotels hack results in loss of 124,000 customers' credit card numbers, other data
One of Japan's largest hotel and resort operators apologized Tuesday after information was stolen off the company's foreign-language website earlier this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2015
My Number law takes effect amid privacy fears
The government kicks off the controversial My Number personal identification system despite public concerns over its security.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 5, 2015
Red flags abound as government kicks off My Number system with notices
Despite being trumpeted as ushering in a more efficient, egalitarian society, the controversial My Number system that starts with identification numbers being sent out to residents of Japan this week is raising serious concerns about invasions of privacy and the security of personal information.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2015
Authorities slow with data changes ahead of new ID card
Municipalities are struggling to reorganize their information technology systems to guard against possible data leaks ahead of the government's implementation of a new ID card system in January.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 2, 2015
Japan Pension Service hack used classic attack method
The massive leak last month of personal data from the Japan Pension Service was the result of a simple error by its employees: opening a virus-laced email attachment disguised as a health ministry document.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2014
Benesse leak prompts reforms in data reselling industry
The massive leak of personal data from education services provider Benesse Corp. has prompted data aggregators to tighten the way they work and has spurred the government to consider ways to prevent such breaches in the future.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2014
Data leak highlights shortcomings
The massive data leak of private information on millions of Benesse Holdings customers has highlighted Japanese firms' inadequate security measures, revealing just how easily data can be taken outside of an organization by employees.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2014
Benesse data leak may affect 20 million customers, including children
Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children says its group company, Benesse Corp., has suffered a data leak that may affect as many as 20.7 million customers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2014
Water leak spotted in reactor 3, Tepco says
Water is spotted pouring into a drain on the first floor of reactor No.u20093 at the troubled Fukushima power plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2013
Tanks, not leak, main problem at Fukushima
The radioactive water tainting the sea from the Fukushima No. 1 plant may be generating headlines, but an expert says its storage tanks pose a greater danger.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2013
Toxic puddles found near water tanks at Fukushima plant
Puddles of water with extremely high radiation levels have been found near water storage tanks on the premises of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, nuclear regulators and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2013
Huge leak of tritium feared in Fukushima
Tokyo Electric Power Co. says an estimated 20 trillion to 40 trillion becquerels of tritium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean since May 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
May 27, 2013
J-PARC leak signals poor sense of crisis
The release of radioactive material from a Japan Atomic Energy Agency facility in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, last week suggests scientists still lack a sense of crisis and urgency about radiation dangers despite the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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