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“Fans of Japanese video games couldn’t believe their ears as Olympic athletes paraded into Tokyo’s National Stadium during the opening ceremony for the 2020 Games on Friday…” reports the Huffington Post.
During the Parade of Nations section of the ce… Continue reading Iconic Japanese Videogame Music Incorporated Into Olympic Opening Ceremony
China’s capabilities in artificial intelligence are “much closer than I thought” to catching up to the US, former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt told Nikkei Asia, stressing that America would not succeed without a “very strong partnership with our… Continue reading US Needs Japan and Korea To Counter China Tech, Says Google ex-CEO
A combination of rare earth minerals, a new kind of fiber optic cable, and a fancy laser system pushed data to speeds never before seen. Continue reading Japan Transfers 319 Terabits Per Second, Setting Internet Speed Record
Ministers back down after hundreds of government offices insist banishing fax would be impossible. From a report: Most bureaucrats might be expected to welcome the chance to be freed from the tyranny of the fax machine. But in Japan, government plans t… Continue reading Japanese Fax Fans Rally To Defence of Much-Maligned Machine
The calico prances and dozes on a 26-by-62-foot LED billboard in Tokyo. It has drawn crowds in real life and sparked joy on social media. From a report: Ryoko Kikuchi was strolling home from a Tokyo movie theater when she saw a cat the size of a yacht … Continue reading A Digital Cat Is Melting Hearts (and Napping a Lot) in Japan
One-third of adults who have been in a romantic relationship admit to cyberstalking their current or former partners, a special addendum to the 2021 Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report has revealed. The research was conducted online by The Harris Poll … Continue reading Cyberstalking tendencies in modern day relationships
Video gaming giant Electronic Arts suffers a hack following slack security, the Japanese Olympics are proving unpopular with everyone apart from cybercriminals, and le coq est mort.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the aw… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #232: Zoomolympics and language matters
The organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics is the latest victim of a breach in which hackers broke into a Japanese government contractor’s data-sharing tool, according to a Japanese media report. The breach affected some 170 people who participated in a cybersecurity drill ahead of the Olympic Games next month, Kyodo News reported. The leaked data included the names and affiliations of people from 90 organizations involved in hosting the Olympics, according to the outlet. It’s apparently the latest Japanese organization to be swept up in an incident that began with unidentified attackers accessing data-sharing software made by technology firm Fujitsu. The breach of the tool last month has reportedly given hackers access to data at multiple Japanese government ministries. Fujitsu has suspended use of the software as it investigates the breach. The Japanese government’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC), which hosted the cybersecurity drill, […]
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Fujifilm Corp. has shut down part of its computer network and “disconnected from external correspondence” in the face of a possible ransomware attack, the Japanese electronics giant said Wednesday. In a brief statement, Fujifilm said that it became aware of the security issue late Tuesday and that it has “taken measures to suspend all affected systems in coordination with our various global entities.” The company said it was still “working to determine the extent and the scale of the issue.” Fujifilm is just the latest multinational company to be hamstrung by ransomware. JBS, the world’s largest beef producer, had to temporarily shut down facilities in Colorado, Canada and Australia following a ransomware hack. Perhaps best known for its photography equipment, Fujifilm also makes a range of medical products such as CT Scan and Xray devices. The company reported more than $20 billion in revenue last year and has offices around […]
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Panasonic is involved in a project on the island of Ishigaki, southwest of Okinawa, to seek ways to grow vegetables in subtropical monsoon conditions. Part of the Japanese government’s Asian Monsoon Plant Factory System (PFS) Consortium, the goal is to… Continue reading Japan’s IT greenhouse built to grow produce in monsoon conditions