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IDCF Cloud ransomware hits 495 tenants as JFTC raids big four brewers and Okinawa bases pause operations
Wednesday's Japan Daily Update — twelve stories on a SoftBank-unit cloud attack, a beer cartel probe, U.S. troop curfews in Okinawa, passkey banking rules, METI AI checklists, and Hanshin's pennant tune-up.
PoliticsIII MEF Halts Okinawa Operations for Two Days and Imposes 30-Day Curfew After Naha Homicide Arrest
III Marine Expeditionary Force halted Okinawa operations for 48 hours and ordered a monthlong midnight curfew after Okinawa police arrested a U.S. Marine on suspicion of killing a Naha woman, prompting Governor Koja to demand stronger base discipline.
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TechnologySoftBank Cloud Outage Disrupts 495 Japanese Firms and Municipalities
BusinessJFTC Searches Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo and Suntory in Wholesale Beer Price-Cartel Probe
Credit CardsFSA Guidelines Steer Retail Banks Toward Passkey-Default Logins on High-Risk Actions
StocksSony Group Shares Track PlayStation Hardware Orders as Weak Yen Lifts Exporter Earnings
AIMETI Business AI Guidelines Hit Version 1.2 as Manufacturers Upload Factory Safety Checklists
OpinionEditorial: Diet Food-Tax Hearings Need Published Revenue Offsets, Not Slogans
SportsHanshin Tigers Hold One-Game Central League Lead Heading Into Final Regular-Season Week
SecurityNISC Describes Animated Fake Brokerage Apps Targeting Retail Margin Accounts
ScienceNiigata University Tests Landslide Early-Warning Array After September Heavy Rains
HealthOsaka Municipal Hospitals See Heatstroke Cases Persist Into October After Record-Heat September
EntertainmentTo You in the Beyond Anime Film Lands in Theaters Friday With Novelist Akiko Abe Adaptation
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Niigata University Tests Landslide Early-Warning Array After September Heavy Rains
Niigata University engineers began live tests of a hillside sensor array after September downpours triggered slope failures across the prefecture, aiming to shave minutes off municipal evacuation calls.
Osaka Municipal Hospitals See Heatstroke Cases Persist Into October After Record-Heat September
Osaka’s municipal hospital network still admits heatstroke patients in October after September’s record heat, pushing emergency doctors to extend hydration campaigns beyond summer festival season.
To You in the Beyond Anime Film Lands in Theaters Friday With Novelist Akiko Abe Adaptation
Shochiku opens the anime adaptation of Akiko Abe’s novel To You in the Beyond nationwide on Friday, with 116 minutes of island-set youth drama and stage greetings scheduled in Tokyo over the weekend.
NISC Describes Animated Fake Brokerage Apps Targeting Retail Margin Accounts
NISC’s latest advisory warns that polished fake brokerage apps with cartoon mascots are luring Japanese margin traders into deposit scams that mimic licensed securities interfaces.