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3 D DATA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2016
Residents vote to rebuild entire defective condo complex in Yokohama
Residents in a scandal-hit condominium complex in Yokohama decided Monday to rebuild all four buildings, not just the one that is tilting because of defective pilings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2016
Fintech venture takes on hedge funds with earnings estimates derived from big data
A Japanese startup is entering the equity research business in a bid to challenge the dominance of securities firms by using computers to crunch vast troves of information and predict companies' earnings.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 13, 2016
Sen. Franken wants 'Pokemon Go' maker to clarify user data privacy protections
A Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday asked the software developer behind Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s "Pokemon Go" to clarify the mobile game's data privacy protections, amid concerns the augmented reality hit was unnecessarily collecting vast swaths of sensitive user data.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 8, 2016
Police quiz staff, ex-executive of Toyo Tire unit over data manipulation
The police questioned several people including employees and a former executive of a Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. subsidiary in connection with the shipment of products using substandard earthquake shock absorber material, investigative sources said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2016
Japan travel agency ordered to probe data hack affecting 7.93 million people
The Japan Tourism Agency on Wednesday ordered JTB Corp. to file a report and take preventive measures by June 24 after the major travel agency said it fears personal information on 7.93 million people has been leaked through unauthorized access to its server.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 29, 2016
Benesse data thief gets 3½ years in prison, ¥3 million fine
The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a former systems engineer to 3½ years in prison and fined him ¥3 million ($26,400) for his involvement in the massive data theft at major education service provider Benesse Corp.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 28, 2016
NTT to buy Dell technology services unit for $3.06 million
NTT Corp.'s unit agreed to buy technology services businesses from Dell for $3.055 billion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 28, 2016
Highway operator taps big data to gauge toilet usage
A recent analysis of big data by Central Nippon Expressway Co. (NEXCO Central) has revealed that more and more men tend to prefer cubicles over urinals in restrooms.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 24, 2016
Police raid Toyo Tire's headquarters, eye criminal charges
Police raided the headquarters of Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., its subsidiary and two other relevant businesses for alleged fraudulent labeling in connection with a data falsification scandal, investigative sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2016
Hokkaido University says personal data of some 110,000 students possibly leaked
Hokkaido University has revealed that the personal data of more than 110,000 students and graduates may have been leaked due to unauthorized access of its computer systems by unknown parties.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2016
Bad management to blame for Yokohama piling scandal, interim report says
A third-party panel probing the Asahi Kasei Construction Materials piling scandal concludes sloppy management encouraged data manipulation but avoids stating whether workers engaged in a coverup.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2015
National health insurance info on 100,000 people leaked
Lists of personal information related to around 103,000 people, including public health insurance card numbers, are leaked and sold.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2015
Construction company official admits to also fabricating piling data
A worker with a competitor of the company behind the faulty piling work on a Yokohama condominium admits to fabricating data to meet deadlines due to pressure from contractors.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2015
Building pilings scandal widens; piling worker 'apologizes' to mother
Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp., beset by a faked construction-records scandal, says a worker who fabricated data for pilings beneath a tilting condominium in Yokohama manipulated figures for at least eight other facilities nationwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2015
Asahi Kasei falsified data in 300 projects, sources say
Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp. is suspected of falsifying data in some 300 of the 3,040 piling projects it has worked on over the past decade.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2015
Toyo Tire reveals 2,880 more tainted rubber products but slashes tally
Scandal-hit Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. said Friday another 2,880 units of its vibration-damping products used in trains are suspect because they were either not tested or based on falsified data.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2015
Pension payment errors made after data leak
The Japan Pension Service mistakenly underpaid and overpaid about 400 pensioners as a result of measures taken after a cyberattack that resulted in a massive leak of personal data, it was learned.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2015
Snooping worries lead top EU court to ditch U.S. data transfer deal used by thousands of firms
The EU's highest court struck down a deal that allows thousands of companies to easily transfer personal data from Europe to the United States, in a landmark ruling on Tuesday that follows revelations of mass U.S. government snooping.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2015
None of 21.5 million U.S. federal ranks hit by data hack has been informed, officials admit
The U.S. government has not yet notified any of the 21.5 million federal employees and contractors whose security clearance data was hacked more than three months ago, officials acknowledged on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2015
Upper House passes law allowing businesses easier use of personal data
The House of Councilors enacted into law on Friday a bill amendment to make it easier for businesses to use personal information while toughening penalties for data abuse.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Political party Tsubasa no To investigated over election obstruction
Officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police raid the Tsubasa no To office in Tokyo on Monday.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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