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CYBERSECURITY

A poster warns of online scam threats in the Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2026
Singapore turns tide in evolving fight against scams
Singapore’s high incomes, hyperconnectivity and public trust in institutions have long made it a prime target for scammers.
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, with some cases targeting large companies, a report by the National Police Agency shows.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2026
Ransomware attacks reported in Japan number 226 in 2025
Although some 60% of the victims were small and midsize companies, there were cases in which serious damage was inflicted on large companies.
Danny Wilson, brother of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, speaks outside Zorro Ranch, a property formerly owned by Jeffrey Epstein, on International Women’s Day near Stanley, New Mexico, on March 8. The legally mandated publication of U.S. Justice Department documents has exposed the dead financier's ties to prominent people in politics, finance, academia and business, triggering investigations in countries around the world.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2026
Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files FBI held, source and documents show
The source familiar with the breach said the intrusion was carried out by a foreign hacker who did not appear to realize they had penetrated a law enforcement server.
Asahi Breweries President Kazuo Matsuyama (left) hands out free beer at a supermarket in Mitaka, Tokyo, on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2026
Asahi Breweries to fully resume shipments in April after cyberattack
In the alcoholic drink segment, shipments have been resumed for “almost all products,” an official of the parent, Asahi Group Holdings, said.
Asahi Group has said that a ransomware attack last September led to the leak of 115,513 sets of personal data.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2026
Asahi confirms 2025 cyberattack led to leak of 115,513 sets of personal data
The data included names and phone numbers of client companies’ executives and employees as well as names and addresses of current and past Asahi Group staff.
An analyst works at the INTERPOL cybercrime intelligence unit at the organization's facility in Singapore on Jan. 29.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Feb 15, 2026
Interpol backroom warriors fight cybercriminals ‘weaponizing’ AI
AI is helping criminals create sophisticated deepfake audio and video to endorse scam investments and helping make dodgy online messages appear more genuine.
Attendees watch a cybersecurity presentation during the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, on April 26, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
CIA looks to speed up access to new tech in race against China
The U.S. spy agency announced plans for a new acquisition framework that would cut red-tape and optimize vendor vetting to quicken the ability deploy more innovative tools.
Attendees watch a presentation at the Palo Alto Networks booth during the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, in 2023.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 6, 2026
Hackers hit sensitive targets in 37 nations in vast spying plot
An Asian cyberespionage group has spent the past year breaking into computer systems belonging to governments and critical infrastructure organizations.
Asahi Breweries' sales fell by over 20% in December from a year earlier.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2026
Asahi Breweries’ sales fell over 20% in December, data shows, after cyberattack
Combined sales volumes of beer, happōshu quasi-beer and “third-segment” beer-like beverages at Japan’s three other major brewers rose by 2% in the month, an industry estimate says.
Chinese analysts say Beijing has become increasingly concerned that any Western equipment could be hacked by foreign powers.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 15, 2026
China tells its firms to not use U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software: sources
Amid trade and diplomatic tensions between China and the U.S., Beijing has been keen to replace Western-made technology ​with domestic alternatives.
2026 is shaping up as a year of competing forces for Japan, with strong underlying momentum and reform potential outweighed by the risks from inflation, geopolitics and policy missteps if leadership does not act decisively.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 8, 2026
The top 10 surprises for the Year of the Fire Horse
For 2026, the only certainty is that this year of the Fire Horse will be shaped both by existing trends that evolve and genuine surprises.
The average number of daily Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan in 2025 jumped 113% from 2023, when Taiwan’s security bureau first began publishing ‍such data.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 5, 2026
Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan infrastructure averaged 2.6 million a day in 2025, report says
Taiwan has ‍in recent ⁠years complained about what it sees as China’s “hybrid warfare” as Beijing ramps up military and political pressure on Taipei.
In a parliamentary debate with party leaders on Nov. 26, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to swiftly draw up legislation related to preventing information theft by foreign entities.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 31, 2025
Japan begins studying law to prevent foreign entities from stealing information
The focus will be how to balance the development of a counterintelligence system in light of the severe security environment surrounding Japan and protecting constitutional rights.
Hisashi Matsumoto, minister in charge of cybersecurity, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2025
Japanese government adopts new cybersecurity strategy
The new system will enable the police, the Defense Ministry and the Self-Defense Forces to work together in neutralizing critical attacks.
Askul said that a ransomware cyberattack discovered in October led to the mass leakage of data concerning its individual customers, corporate clients and employees.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2025
Askul says 740,000 sets of data breached in cyberattack
Askul said that no leakage of individual customers’ credit card information has been confirmed and that it has not paid a ransom to the attackers.
Asahi Group Holdings said its monthly beer sales in November were down over 20% in Japan from a year earlier, a sharper decline than the nearly 10% drop seen in October.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2025
Asahi’s beer sales worsen in November as hack disruption lingers
Asahi aims for its supply chain to be largely restored by February after the September ransomware attack shut down key internal systems.
Japan still trails the U.S. and Europe in cyber defense, and broad improvements across the corporate sector are needed, National Cyber Director Yoichi Iida said in an interview on the sidelines of a cybersecurity conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2025
Japan’s cyber chief warns nation still behind on cybersecurity
Cybersecurity has been highlighted as one of the priority investment areas under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration, amid a string of recent breaches.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 17-year-old boy on Thursday for allegedly carrying out a cyberattack on the operator of the Kaikatsu Club internet cafe chain, sources said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2025
Police arrest high school student over cyberattack on net cafe operator
The 17-year-old student from Osaka allegedly obtained about 7.25 million sets of Kaikatsu Club membership information with a program he created using ChatGPT.
Participants chat during the Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) summit in Seoul on Sep. 10, 2024. Military systems infused with artificial intelligence are enabling soldiers not only to identify anomalies or threats that might be missed but also to quickly analyze large volumes of data to support critical decision-making on the battlefield.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 4, 2025
Canadian military’s cyber chief touts AI’s advantages but warns against ‘unquestioned’ use
The head of the country’s cybercommand has said that AI can provide critical battlefield advantages, but emphasized the need to prevent misuse.
Askul's logistics center on Nov. 19 in Yokohama. The company resumed order receipts on the internet from corporate clients under its Askul brand service on Wednesday, following a system failure caused by a cyberattack.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2025
Askul resumes online orders after cyberattack
Internet order receipts, which had been suspended for about one and a half months, restarted at 9 a.m., the company said.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Yen hits 40-year low against the dollar, breaking ¥162 level
Japan's currency broke ¥162 to the dollar on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Japan falls in gut-wrenching fashion as Brazil strikes late to win World Cup clash
Brazil's Gabriel Martinelli (right) shoots past Japan defenders Shogo Taniguchi (left) and Takehiro Tomiyasu to score in the second half of a match in the round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Houston on Monday.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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