A Japanese prefecture is considering stopping hiring foreign nationals in order to protect confidential information, particularly in light of a Chinese law requiring its citizens to cooperate with intelligence agencies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/society/mie-prefecture-foreigner-hiring/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mie #localgovernment #expats #jobs #personalinformation
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Japan's government intends, starting in fiscal 2026, to require new property owners to disclose their nationality on their property registration application and submit copies of their passport or residence card. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/politics/foreigners-land-registration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #realestate #nationality #personalinformation
A U.S. travel association and a top Democrat are bristling at President Donald Trump's plan to require many foreign visitors using the visa waiver program to provide social media handles used over the past five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/world/us-social-media-reaction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #airlines #tourism #immigration #privacy #personalinformation #tech #humanrights
Japan's new cyber chief has warned that the country lags behind the U.S. and Europe in cybersecurity and improvements are needed across the corporate sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/japan-cyber-chief/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #askul #asahi #hacking #corporategovernance #personalinformation #privacy #cybersecurity
The government is looking to include nationality in a planned property registration database amid concerns that property acquisitions by foreign citizens have driven up prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/japan/japan-property-registrations-nationality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #realestate #nationality #personalinformation
Elon Musk's social media platform X erupted in uproar after the rollout of a feature revealing an account's location, exposing what users describe as global troll farms and influence operations on the platform. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/tech/musk-x-location-feature/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #elonmusk #socialmedia #apps #x #personalinformation #privacy
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plan to introduce mandatory digital ID cards in the U.K. faces significant opposition, with concerns about privacy, security and the potential for government overreach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/02/world/uk-digital-id/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #uk #keirstarmer #digitalization #privacy #personalinformation
The government plans to amend a law regarding the protection of personal information to introduce administrative fines for business operators that repeatedly commit serious violations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/japan-personal-information-fine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #personalinformation #ai #satorutezuka
Asahi Group Holdings said Tuesday that personal information may have been breached in a recent cyberattack on the Japanese food and beverage group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/15/companies/asahi-cyberattack-personal-information/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #asahigroupholdings #beer #cybersecurity #personalinformation
Qantas says 6 million of its customer accounts were accessed in a cyber attack, the biggest such breach in Australia in years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/02/companies/australia-qantas-customer-hack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #qantas #australia #airlines #hacking #personalinformation
Japan on Tuesday started a service that allows some functions of the My Number personal identification card to be accessed on Apple's iPhones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/japan/my-number-card-iphones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mynumber #personalinformation #iphones