Roundup
Hacker and Ransomware Groups Explained: Qilin, Anonymous, and Attacks on Japan
SecurityLawsuits & RegulationPrivacy
A guide to the hacker and ransomware groups you see in the news—Qilin, Anonymous, North Korea's Lazarus and more—sorted into four types: ransomware, state-backed, social extortion and hacktivist. Where they came from, who's in them, which famous companies they hit, and what it means for ordinary life, including groups that struck Japan's Asahi, KADOKAWA and local governments.
2026.06.1539 views
News
Claude Fable 5 is back after 19 days as US export controls lift
AILawsuits & RegulationGlobal Companies
Three days after launch, Anthropic disabled Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide to comply with a US Commerce Department export-control directive targeting foreign nationals. Users and companies in Japan are caught in the cutoff too.
2026.06.1325 views
News
Japan's Joh-Pla Act: 5 Platforms on a 7-Day Deletion Clock
Lawsuits & RegulationPrivacyGlobal Companies
Japan's Joh-Pla Act (in force since April 2025) makes Google, Meta, X, TikTok and LINE Yahoo decide on defamation-deletion requests within 7 days. Corporate fines reach 100M yen. A year in, what changed?
2026.05.1962 views
News
Japan April 2026 price hikes and new policies: what changes
Lawsuits & Regulation
On April 1, 2026, prices on 2,798 food items rose across Japan. Energy subsidies ended, bicycle fines started, joint custody became law, and a new childcare levy hit paychecks. Here is everything that changed.
2026.04.0168 views
