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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2015
Economic forecasting in the age of big data
Properly used, new data sources have the potential to revolutionize economic forecasts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2015
Ashley Madison's hacked data dump spreads global havoc, elates noted divorce lawyer
Love lives and reputations may be at risk after the release of customer data from infidelity website Ashley Madison on Tuesday, a dramatic move likely to rattle users' attitude toward the Internet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 2, 2015
Japan Pension Service hack used classic attack method
The massive leak last month of personal data from the Japan Pension Service was the result of a simple error by its employees: opening a virus-laced email attachment disguised as a health ministry document.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2015
Abe team moves to limit political damage from pension hack
Hoping to minimize the political damage from the latest pension system scandal, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga admonishes the Japan Pension Service and announces that a team will be set up to probe the massive theft of pension data.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2015
1.25 million affected by Japan Pension Service hack
The nation's pension system has been hacked, with more than a million cases of personal data leaked in an embarrassment that revives memories of a scandal that helped topple Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his first term in office.
WORLD
Apr 8, 2015
Classified info said not compromised in Russian hacking of White House data: CNN
Russian hackers were behind an intrusion in recent months into a nonclassified White House computer network, CNN reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 7, 2015
Weak job data ease rate hike jitters, lift Wall Street
U.S. stocks rose on Monday as expectations the Federal Reserve will push any interest rate increases further into the year offset concerns over Friday's surprisingly weak jobs report.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Feb 20, 2015
Apps for tourists and kids, plus Sony's most expensive Walkman yet
Mapple goes for coupons
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2014
South Korea prosecutors investigate data leak at nuclear power plants
Seoul prosecutors have launched an investigation into a leak of noncritical data at South Korea's nuclear power operator, the prosecutors' office said on Sunday, as worries mount about nuclear safety and potential cyberattacks from North Korea.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2014
Former Sony employees sue studio over 'nightmare' data breach
The massive hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. computers has spurred two lawsuits by former employees accusing the company of failing to protect the personal information of thousands of workers.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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