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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.
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.
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.
Town halls in northern Chiba switched to satellite backhaul after Typhoon Dujuan severed fiber links to disaster coordination systems.
The Japan Meteorological Agency estimates a magnitude 4.8 quake about 50 kilometers deep off northeastern Chiba, with shaking strong enough to rattle homes from Asahi to Narita but no tsunami threat.
IDC Frontier blamed a ransomware hit on its East Japan data center for knocking government and corporate sites offline from before dawn.
