Japan data leaks: Which poses greatest risk, licenses, credit cards or My Number cards?
TOKYO -- Leaks of personal information held by companies and other organizations have surged due to unauthorized access. The compromised data ranges f
Summary by The Tokyo Editorial Desk · As published by The Mainichi (English) · · 1 min read
TOKYO -- Leaks of personal information held by companies and other organizations have surged due to unauthorized access. The compromised data ranges f

Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former Yomiuri Giants slugger Hideki Matsui, who also starred for the New York Yankees, will become the Central League club's new man
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government
IZUMIOTSU, Osaka -- The Izumiotsu Municipal Government of Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 5 launched a "video time capsule" service that allows residents to
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Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks tumbled further Friday morning, with the Nikkei stock index briefly falling more than 2 percent, amid lingering concern
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business
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will overhaul its tax-free shopping system for foreign visitors on Nov. 1, requiring them to pay consumption tax upfront and cl
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Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday proposed a compromise plan that would cut fewer Diet seats than its junior coalit
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News
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Daiki Hashimoto of Japan soared to gold during the men's all-around final at the world gymnastics championships on Thur
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Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's core consumer prices in September rose 2.1 percent from a year earlier, topping the Bank of Japan's inflation goal of 2 perce
The Mainichi (English) · Oct 23, 2026

schools
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Yomiuri Giants selected 14-year-old junior high school catcher Rentaro Seki with their fifth pick in Thursday's developmental dra
The Mainichi (English) · Oct 23, 2026

Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average asking price for a used condominium in Tokyo's 23 wards in September fell 0.4 percent from August to 126.29 million yen (
The Mainichi (English) · Oct 23, 2026

Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A large and very strong typhoon is moving in a northwesterly direction off Japan's southern islands, the weather agency said Friday,
The Mainichi (English) · Oct 23, 2026

safety
TOKYO -- At least 36 train delays have been caused by passengers' power banks catching fire across Japan over the past 10 years. Some incidents have h
The Mainichi (English) · Oct 23, 2026

safety
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Formal dating bans have become rare in Japan's idol industry, yet reports of relationships still trigger online firestorms that expos
The Mainichi (English) · Oct 23, 2026