National / Crime & Legal Jan 12, 2021
Twitter verification badges and accounts with several hundred thousand followers are sold online for tens of thousands of yen, helping scammers deceive users.
Business Jan 9, 2021
Japan Post Bank to scrap its cashless payment service over security flaws
Until the launch of a new service, the bank will offer the mijica payment service only with available card functions that have proven to be safe, including its use as a debit card.
National / Crime & Legal Jan 6, 2021
Man arrested for forging prized popsicle sticks to win Pokemon cards
A man was arrested Wednesday near Tokyo for allegedly forging and sending out dozens of special popsicle sticks to an ice cream manufacturer so they could be redeemed for popular Pokemon cards by the company. Takashi Ono, 43, is suspected of attempting fraud after he ...
National / Crime & Legal Dec 3, 2020
Two Japan civil servants suspected of swindling government of ¥2 million in coronavirus aid
The pair of employees from the National Printing Bureau were arrested Wednesday for allegedly filing false claims to receive aid linked to the pandemic.
National / Crime & Legal Nov 29, 2020
The man allegedly swindled e-coupons worth some ¥540,000 by making reservations that he didn't use at four hotels in Tokyo under the campaign.
National Oct 22, 2020
Fake residence cards proliferating as more non-Japanese overstay
Investigators acted on 748 cases of possession, forgery and other offenses involving residence cards in 2019 alone, according to the National Police Agency.
Business / Economy Oct 18, 2020
FSA to demand banks strengthen ID checks following fraud tied to NTT service
The Financial Services Agency plans to revise its guidelines on regulating the banking sector to demand stricter customer identity checks for account transfers related to electronic payment services, according to sources. The move comes in response to a series of cases at banks across the ...
National / Crime & Legal Oct 1, 2020
Coronavirus-related cybercrime cases topped 600 in first half of 2020: police
Of the total, almost half were fraud cases in which victims ordered face masks online but did not receive them.
National / Crime & Legal Sep 29, 2020
Billing scam suspected in surge of calls from nonexistent numbers
Mobile phone calls received in Japan from nonexistent international phone numbers surged in September in a suspected billing fraud and victimized at least one woman, experts warned Tuesday. The indiscriminate calls in Chinese language appear to be made by a bot program targeting Chinese residents ...
National Sep 27, 2020
In some cases, people ineligible for the subsidies were invited through social media or word-of-mouth to submit applications for the aid using falsified documents.
Business | Q&A Sep 25, 2020
How to steal ¥28 million: Lessons learned from the Docomo swindle
by Osamu Tsukimori
Japan’s largest mobile phone carrier made headlines after its e-money service was used to defraud people who weren't NTT Docomo customers.
National / Crime & Legal Sep 24, 2020
Stolen money via Japan Post account breaches rises to ¥60 million
Japan Post Bank Co. said Thursday the amount of money stolen from customers' accounts due to a series of security breaches of seven electronic payment services has ballooned to about ¥60 million ($570,000). The bank has asked its 5.5 million clients who use electronic payment ...