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NPB Enterprise Says NPB+ Registered 890,000 Accounts in Opening Week of 2026 Season

NPB Enterprise Co said its NPB+ live-stats app crossed 890,000 registered accounts in the first week of the 2026 Pacific League season, validating a Hawk-Eye data partnership with Sony Corp and Konami Group Corp after a Japan Series pilot.

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NEC Supplies Face-Recognition Gates for New Chitose International Departures Wing

NEC Corp is supplying face-recognition boarding gates for New Chitose Airport's international departures wing, part of a Hokkaido hub upgrade that tests biometric throughput before winter charter traffic peaks.

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Sony Semiconductor Begins Sample Shipments of Stacked CMOS for In-Car LiDAR Modules

Sony Semiconductor Solutions began sampling stacked CMOS sensors tuned for automotive LiDAR modules, targeting Tier-1 suppliers racing to meet 2027 model-year safety specs in Japan and Europe.

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IDC Frontier Breach Ripples to JR East and Skyticket as Japan Tallies Tens of Millions of Exposed Accounts

A ransomware hit on SoftBank cloud unit IDC Frontier forced JR East, JR Kyushu, Bookoff, Big Echo and Skyticket to warn that tens of millions of customer accounts may have been exposed.

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KDDI Activates Temporary 5G Cells Along Osaka Marathon Course Ahead of Sunday Race

KDDI switched on trailer-mounted 5G cells along the Osaka Marathon course Friday, giving spectators and safety crews dedicated bandwidth before Sunday’s race while permanent fiber repairs continue elsewhere in Kansai.

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