Asahi Group Holdings has suspended the order and shipment capabilities of its group companies in Japan after being struck by a cyberattack.
“We are actively investigating the cause and working to restore operations; however, there is currently no estimated timeline for recovery,” the beverage holding company said in a statement Monday.
The impact of the cyberattack is limited to Asahi’s Japan operations. There has not been any personal information or customer data leaks, according to the company.
Asahi has been contacted for further comment.
Cyberattacks have been on the rise in Japan, with a number of high-profile cases in recent years drawing attention to the issue.
Approximately a third of Japanese companies have experienced a cyberattack, according to a May 2025 survey by Teikoku Databank.
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks — which overload networks in order to overpower them — increased 60% last December compared with a year earlier — reaching an all-time high, according to Akamai Technologies, a cybersecurity firm.
Stories about outdated data-handling processes in Japan occasionally make headlines. In 2022, a contractor handling official data lost a USB flash drive containing the personal details of all 460,000 residents of the city of Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, during a drunken night out. The device was later retrieved without incident.
But when it comes to more sophisticated data protection, Japan does rank fairly highly. The Global Cybersecurity Index 2024 ranked the country as a “role-model” in Asia Pacific, citing its legal mechanisms and organizational measures.
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