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Park24 has confirmed that about 6.62 million Times Car vehicle-sharing user accounts were compromised.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2026
Park24 to pay ?3,000 to Times Car users hit by data breach
The company has confirmed that about 6.62 million user accounts were compromised.
Sagawa Express said that the number of potentially compromised personal information sets does not necessarily reflect the number of affected customers.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2026
Sagawa Express says 53 million sets of personal info possibly compromised
The unauthorized access occurred on its delivery tracking service, according to the transport company’s announcement on Sept. 30.
Digital minister Toshiharu Furukawa during a news conference on Tuesday in Tokyo
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2026
Digital Agency reports data breach via website vendor
Web design platform Studio Co., which oversees parts of the Digital Agency’s website, said there was a security breach between Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
The Kanagawa police are suspected of using information obtained from old driver's licenses illegally, to make investigation files.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2026
NPA suspects police in Kanagawa used old drivers’ licenses illegally
The national police agency has instructed Kanagawa police to confirm the facts in full detail, and has set up a team to conduct a probe nationwide.
Japanese banks have been urged to review their cybersecurity measures amid repeated unauthorized access incidents.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2026
Major banks in Japan accelerating shift to IC chip verification
The Financial Services Agency has urged financial institutions to review their cybersecurity measures amid repeated unauthorized access incidents.
The information potentially exposed includes names and email addresses registered with a safety check system of police officers and staff members to be used in times of emergencies.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2026
Data breach potentially exposes information of 125,000 police officers and staff
The National Police Agency said a cyberattack on cloud service provider Arcadia has potentially compromised names and personal email addresses.
Yamato Transport said that 5.31 million sets of personal information were compromised in a breach that the logistics firm had first announced on Sept. 29.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2026
Cyberattacks continue to menace Japan as more firms disclose data breaches
More firms have disclosed details of data breaches that could affect millions of customers.
An unauthorized access attack — in which a third party gains entry into a network or system without permission — begins with the initial intrusion and can take place over the course of a few hours or even several years, according to experts.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Oct 14, 2026
What happens to your information after a data breach
Often simultaneously, hackers start putting the data they have stolen to use while companies investigate the breach.
Image data on about 1.6 million people, including photos of their driver’s licenses showing their faces, is believed to have leaked from the Times Car service.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2026
Driver’s license data breaches becoming major concern
The rush may reflect fears that their license data could be abused. Police, however, say that reissuing a license would do little to prevent crime.
Several travel companies in Japan have reported potential data breaches amid a series of cyberattacks, raising concerns over the exposure of customers’ personal information.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 9, 2026
Data leaks at travel companies could impact millions of customer records
The affected companies include Adventure, which operates the travel booking website Skyticket, travel agency H.I.S. and travel company Temairazu.
Buildings in the city of Osaka. Osaka Metropolitan University has announced the possible exposure of personal data on up to 130,000 students and teachers after it suffered a cyberattack.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2026
Data on 130,000 students and teachers possibly exposed, Osaka university says
Data that may have been exposed includes the names, addresses and email addresses of people linked to the institution, it said.
While 1.6 million documents had been accessed, no credit card information was, the operator of Times Car Rental said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2026
Times Car Rental says data breach affected 6.6 million accounts
The firm said 1.6 million documents had been accessed, including images that the company used to verify personal information.
An OpenAI logo is displayed at a technology summit in San Francisco earlier this month.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 26, 2026
OpenAI’s models accessed public U.S. Census and SEC data
The company’s agentic AI systems interacted with public U.S. Census and SEC data, people familiar with the situation said.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a speech, as a pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses appear on screen, during the Meta Connect event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 23, 2026
From smart glasses to AI pins, privacy fears challenge tech’s next big bet
The same features that make AI-powered wearables useful risk becoming the barrier to their adoption.
Hisashi Matsumoto, digital transformation minister. The Digital Agency said in a statement that it is deeply sorry for causing problems and anxiety to those concerned.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2026
Digital Agency says personal information possibly leaked
No secondary damage, such as the misuse of the possibly leaked personal information, has been confirmed so far.
The National Tax Agency in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2026
Tax official dismissed over fraud and dodging tax on gambling winnings
Authorities have referred the official to prosecutors on suspicion of fraud and filed a criminal complaint for violating the income tax law.
Conventional health insurance cards will no longer be accepted at medical institutions in Japan starting in August. Patients will need to present their My Number cards registered for use as a health insurance card.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2026
Japanese health insurance cards no longer usable in clinics from August
Patients in Japan will need a My Number card registered for insurance use or a special certificate to receive insured medical treatment.
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Friday
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 15, 2026
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims
The lawsuit ?says that the company relied on factors such as productivity and AI token usage when it slashed thousands of jobs earlier this year.
Japan logged over 19,000 personal data breaches in fiscal 2025, the second-highest annual total on record.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2026
Japan logs over 19,000 personal data breaches in fiscal 2025
It is the second-highest annual total on record, eclipsed only by the previous year’s 21,007 cases.
KDDI says it has not confirmed any secondary damage stemming from the data breach last month.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2026
12 million email addresses and 7 million passwords breached in KDDI cyberattack
Affected users are expected to complete password changes and take other necessary measures within the next several days.

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