Overview
- Economy Ministry officials visited Kushima on Friday to explain a literature (document) survey that would be an early stage in selecting a final disposal site for high‑level radioactive waste and the city says no formal request to proceed has been received.
- Kushima’s mayor and the Miyazaki governor said they were not pre-briefed and the mayor said the city would consult its municipal assembly if the government made a formal survey request.
- Reuse retailer Treasure Factory disclosed on Friday that an unauthorized third party accessed its management system and exposed about 750,000 customer email addresses after attackers exploited a database vulnerability.
- Mos Food Service reported on Friday that more than 1.13 million prepaid-card records were leaked and the company changed PINs for roughly 570,000 issued cards to prevent fraud while it notifies customers.
- The permanent closure of the only supermarket in Kumamoto’s quake-hit Hinagu area has left over 6,000 local residents, many elderly and without cars, facing limited access to food and daily goods while the Health Ministry weighs easing vehicle-ownership rules for single parents with preschool children to help in transport-poor areas.