In response to a series of cyber incidents involving unauthorized access to customer services and business systems, as well as leaks of customer information, the Financial Services Agency is urging...
Email deliberations were held from October 19 to 21, 2026. After members submitted their opinions and the businesses were consulted, the monitoring results on the handling of user information were...
Fourteen accidents involving a food mixer (blender) subject to recall, including fires, were disclosed among serious product accidents reported under Article 35, Paragraph 1 of the Consumer Product...
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry designates November as Product Safety Inspection Month and encourages people to clean and inspect household products and use them correctly. Activities...
In response to a series of personal data breach incidents caused by unauthorized access, the Informationtechnology Promotion Agency (IPA) is expanding its Information Security Help Desk to accept...
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry selected 9 companies and organizations in the business and organization category and 5 products for the Plus Anshin product category in the FY2026 Good...
On October 30, 2026, the Consumer Affairs Agency announced 24 serious product accidents reported under Article 35, Paragraph 1 of the Consumer Product Safety Act. As a special item, it cited the...
On October 28, 2026, the Consumer Affairs Agency issued surcharge payment orders to four providers of contracting services for custom home construction. The orders concern representations about...
Unauthorized access to JETRO’s business matching service, eVenue, may have exposed up to 133 records of personal information. JETRO has suspended the service and is investigating the incident, taking...
The Informationtechnology Promotion Agency (IPA), an independent administrative agency, explains how people affected by personal information leaks can identify the types of information exposed, take...
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and NASVA announced the automobile assessment results for Suzuki’s e Vitara. It received an A rating for preventive safety, a B rating for...
Hakuhodo, which operates the secretariat for the 2024 Housing EnergySaving Campaign, reported that an external party had improperly accessed the system used to receive businesses’ subsidy...
It has been confirmed that several businesses received emails from a research company claiming to have received a voluntary cooperation request from the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA). The CAA’s...
The Financial Services Agency surveyed deposittaking financial institutions about their responses to unauthorized transfers from deposits and related issues as of the end of March 2026. It compiled...
In response to customer information leaks caused by unauthorized access, the Financial Services Agency asked financial institutions and others to review their cybersecurity measures and thoroughly...
The Consumer Affairs Agency and Itabashi City will run a pilot from October 30, 2026, through January 31, 2027, providing food free of charge from participating convenience stores in Itabashi to...
The list records businesses that provided crypto asset exchange services and similar services online to Japanese residents, together with their listing dates, representatives, locations, operated...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries confirmed that Fukumaru Foods Co., Ltd. labeled in transaction documents as “Echizen Crab” a product containing more than half Fukui Prefecture...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries confirmed that Panax Co., Ltd. labeled processed beef pack products with the name “Kagoshima Black Beef” and affixed the GI mark before wholesaling...
The Consumer Affairs Agency published the results of its public comment process on a draft Cabinet Office Order partially revising the Food Labeling Standards. It received 17 submissions, which...