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DATA LEAK

JAPAN / Society
Jun 2, 2015
Pension system hack sparks worries over My Number initiative
The revelation that the nation's pension system has been hacked on an unprecedented scale may affect ongoing Diet deliberations on a bill to assign citizens individual numbers to improve social security management.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2015
1.25 million affected by Japan Pension Service hack
The nation's pension system has been hacked, with more than a million cases of personal data leaked in an embarrassment that revives memories of a scandal that helped topple Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his first term in office.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2015
Benesse finds new customer info data leak
Benesse Holdings Inc. has learned of a new customer data leak at an education service unit, after the company was the target of Japan's largest-ever data theft scandal last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2014
Benesse suspect admits copying data but says he didn't know it was wrong
A systems engineer admits to copying information about millions of customers from education service provider Benesse Corp., but he tells the court he didn't know the data was confidential.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2014
Benesse to revamp data security after massive data leak
The Benesse group on Wednesday outlined its new data security setup, which the company says will bolster customer information protection after it was embroiled in Japan's biggest-ever data theft.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 11, 2014
Benesse suspect gets fresh warrant over second data theft
The computer engineer at the center of the big data scandal at Benesse Corp. was served a fresh arrest warrant Monday on suspicion of stealing data on about 20 million of its customers, Tokyo police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 7, 2014
Benesse customer data was sold to at least 14 name list traders, police say
The customer data allegedly stolen from the Benesse group was sold to at least 14 name list traders who might have resold it hundreds of times, sources say.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2014
8% of employees in charge of corporate data admit mismanagement: Trend Micro poll
Nearly 8 percent of employees in charge of handling classified corporate data have experiences in taking such data outside, according to a survey by anti-virus software maker Trend Micro Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2014
Benesse cancels earnings forecast
Benesse Holdings Inc. has withdrawn its earnings forecast for the year because it can't determine how the theft of its customer data will impact its correspondence education subsidiary.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2014
Suspect believed sold stolen Benesse data to several name-list firms
A Tokyo systems engineer who was arrested last week on suspicion of stealing data from Benesse Corp. reportedly told investigators that he sold the data to several name-list traders, it was learned Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2014
ECC linked to Benesse data theft
Major language school ECC likely bought some of the customer information stolen from rival Benessee and used it to send high school students cram school brochures.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2014
Justsystems accused of abusing customer data from Benesse
Illustrating the corporate hunger for 'big data,' software maker Justsystems is accused of illegally acquiring customer information from language education firm Benesse to send direct mail.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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