Overview
- Monex Securities disclosed on Friday that a vendor’s account‑opening system suffered unauthorized access that may have exposed about 1,592 identity‑document images and up to 1.13 million email addresses, and the company says investigations are ongoing with no confirmed misuse so far.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a Diet committee on Friday she favors an income‑linked “worker burden relief” payment covering more than half of workers—roughly 30 million people—with pilot payments of up to ¥25,000 and a child supplement, but the plan needs legislative approval and detailed design before rollout in 2027–28.
- JERA and its partners showed progress on the Akita offshore wind project on Friday, reporting delivery of large monopile foundations, roughly 40% of construction complete for the 21‑turbine, 315 MW project and a target start of commercial operation in June 2028.
- The University of Tokyo published a second formal reply on Friday about its internal presidential selection, saying the selection committee raised concerns about a leading candidate’s approach to governance and risk management and leaving key transparency questions unresolved.
- Diplomatic and civil‑society actions continued on Friday as the South Korean government held an independent memorial near Sado for wartime forced labor victims and two Japanese high‑school “peace ambassadors” prepared to press the humanitarian case against nuclear weapons at an upcoming review meeting in the United States.