Japan is facing a wave of major cyberattacks that have disrupted businesses, government websites and food distribution networks, while exposing or potentially compromising more than 10 million personal information records.
A 29-year-old Fortnite player from Alabama was arrested by the FBI after allegedly threatening to shoot federal agents during an in-game voice chat, only for those same agents to show up at his home days later.
The Japanese government is asking people and businesses working with AI to tell it which of the country’s existing laws and regulations are preventing them from actually using the technology.
A Japanese man who downloaded an adult video through BitTorrent received an unexpected notice demanding ¥500,000 (around $3,400) in compensation, as Japanese copyright holders increasingly identify people sharing their content through torrent networks.
Japanese voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda has lost a lawsuit involving the unauthorized AI cloning of his voice, but the ruling could still prove significant for voice actors fighting AI impersonation in Japan.
Two Chilean men already arrested over the theft of approximately 200 million yen ($1.3 million) worth of luxury watches from Tokyo’s Nakano Broadway have been arrested again over a separate burglary – and police say the suspects admitted targeting Japan because they had heard its punishments were lenient.
Ado’s management company Cloud Nine is warning that it will take legal action against online harassment and misinformation as the singer faces a wave of backlash following her appearance at the K-pop festival INKIGAYO LIVE in TOKYO.
Nintendo has won $4.5 million in damages against a former moderator of Reddit’s r/SwitchPirates community who was accused of helping distribute hundreds or potentially thousands of pirated Nintendo Switch games.
Japanese prosecutors are seeking nine years in prison for a 37-year-old farmer who admitted setting fire to a mosque in Hokkaido – a building that had itself previously been declared illegally constructed by local authorities.
Microsoft has filed a patent application for a system that could interrupt games with advertisements after boss fights, quests, cutscenes and multiplayer rounds, effectively giving players blocks of gameplay time in exchange for watching ads and serving as the next big step for companies to milk as much cash out of…
Used bookstores across Japan are reportedly being flooded with unusually large and seemingly automated orders for specialized books, leading some in the industry to suspect they are being purchased for generative AI training — while an investigation separately uncovered records showing more than 50 tons of Japanese…
