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Japan Corporate Risk

Investigations, recalls, restatements, lawsuits and late filings at Japanese companies.

  1. Nitori says up to 37.62 million records may have leaked after server intrusion

    Nitori Holdings says unauthorized access may have exposed up to 37.62 million records of member and order data, but not login passwords or credit-card information, and it expects a limited hit to consolidated results.

  2. Muji postpones online store reopening and revises list of customer data open to access

    Ryohin Keikaku has postponed the online store's reopening with no date set, added cash-on-delivery recipients to the customers whose data may have been accessed, and will begin notifying affected customers on 10 November 2026.

  3. JT says all its Russian units are now under temporary management

    A second Russian decree has brought the rest of JT's local companies under temporary management, and the company says its Russian business is about 25% of forecast adjusted operating profit and about ¥1.5tn of assets, with the earnings impact still under review.

  4. Muji suspends its online store as it tightens security after a possible customer-data leak

    Ryohin Keikaku has halted Muji's web store and nearly all app functions to strengthen security, targets a restart within one to two days, and says stores are open and the earnings impact should be limited.

  5. JT says Russian decree puts four manufacturing subsidiaries under temporary administration

    Japan Tobacco says a Russian presidential decree signed on 5 November has placed four of its Russian manufacturing companies under temporary administration, and it is still assessing the details, its options and the impact on the group.

  6. Sapporo Breweries corrects interim cash to ¥217.1bn, leaving total assets and profit unchanged

    Sapporo Breweries restated end-June cash from ¥77.1bn to ¥217.1bn and its net financial liabilities to below zero, while total assets of ¥870.5bn and its income statement are not corrected.

  7. World says a subsidiary's server was breached, with about 1.2 million member records possibly leaked

    An outside party reached a World subsidiary's business server on 17 October and the breach was detected on 28 October; about 1.2 million member records may have leaked, though the company has not confirmed that any payment data was exposed.

  8. Matsuya Foods says 2.38mn records leaked in app system breach

    Matsuya Foods Holdings says a third party accessed its app management system, exposing 2,377,127 order and delivery records and a separate 2,000 to 3,000 app-member records that include encrypted passwords; the cause is under investigation.

  9. Joshin says up to 6mn member records may have leaked in cyberattack

    Joshin says its member database server may have exposed up to about 6 million records, with smaller possible exposures in its subscription service and a renovation photo system, while the investigation continues and some services stay down.

  10. and ST HD says about 2.5mn customer records may have leaked in server breach

    and ST HD says a server intrusion may have exposed about 2.5mn customer records and 10,000 business-partner records, with payment data and customer-set passwords excluded, while member points remain unusable in stores and online.

  11. Joshin suspends some services after network intrusion, leak not ruled out

    Joshin Corporation says a third party accessed its network without authorization and some services are unavailable; the company recognized the access on October 16 and has filed a first report with Japan's privacy regulator because a personal-data leak cannot be ruled out.

  12. Kirin says hackers took data on 785,000 Fancl and Attenir members

    Unauthorised access to the Fancl and Attenir online shops between 3 and 10 October exposed data on 368,184 Fancl and 417,312 Attenir members, Kirin said; it excludes card details, and the earnings effect is under review.

  13. Bookoff adds occupation and nickname to data possibly leaked, but affected-member count is unchanged

    Bookoff Group Holdings corrected its breach disclosures to add occupation and nickname to the member data that may have leaked, while the affected-person count of about 6.38 million and the record count stay unchanged.

  14. Wel-Dish says annual results will miss the 50-day mark, with Q3 still unpublished

    Wel-Dish has no date for its third-quarter or annual results, and says it plans to correct earlier years, though the periods affected and the amounts are still being determined.

  15. Treasure Factory subsidiary confirms 136,464 people hit by phishing-led data breach

    Treasure Factory says credential theft through a phishing email caused the breach at its subsidiary, which had no two-step authentication; 136,464 people are affected, passkey authentication now covers all staff accounts and no misuse is confirmed.

  16. Arclands restatement cuts year's net profit 26% after pet-unit accounting probe

    Arclands cut net profit for the year to February 2026 from ¥8.09bn to ¥5.95bn after a special committee found a pet-business subsidiary group used consolidation numbers that differed from its accounting system.

  17. Bookoff says 6.38 million people hit by member-data breach

    Bookoff Group Holdings says 6,383,279 people were affected by the member-data breach, against 6,427,735 leaked member records, and will start emailing those affected on October 15; it says payment and bank data are not managed in the affected system.

  18. Book Off says up to 6.43 million member records were taken in breach

    A third party took member data from a Book Off subsidiary's system, covering up to about 6.43mn records; the company says no payment data was held there and is still counting the people affected.

  19. Japan's antitrust agency acts against Sapporo, Kirin and Asahi beer units

    Sapporo, Kirin and Asahi each disclosed JFTC action on October 7, 2026; Sapporo describes the suspicion as price restraint among four major alcohol makers, and all three say the earnings impact is unknown.

  20. Monogatari says 10.79 million Yakiniku King app records leaked

    Monogatari says names, emails and phone numbers of 10,788,963 Yakiniku King app users leaked after unauthorised access; it reports no confirmed misuse or public release as of disclosure, while the cause and earnings impact remain under review.

  21. Arclands committee finds pet unit's CFO overstated profit; restatement due October 13

    An independent committee estimates the damage to Arclands' net profit for the year to February 2026 at ¥1.30bn after its pet-retail subsidiary's CFO overstated results, but Arclands expects the final restated accounts, due October 13, to differ.

  22. MATSUMOTO INC. Flags Going-Concern Doubt as Quarterly Cash Halves

    MATSUMOTO INC., the Tokyo-listed school-album and commercial printer, says a fourth straight year of negative operating cash flow has left its funding for the next twelve months uncertain, after quarterly cash fell to ¥313.9mn from ¥676.7mn even as its net loss narrowed to ¥100mn.

  23. AEON Keeps 14 Sites Out of Its Sales Count After the Kumamoto Mall Blast

    Twelve AEON Kyushu stores and two AEON Mall shopping centers remained suspended through August after the July 28 Kumamoto Mall explosion, forcing AEON to strip them from its same-store sales and retroactively revise July's numbers while an outside panel investigates the cause.

  24. Sakata Seed's Final Report: Two Separate Server Breaches, No Data Misuse Found

    Sakata Seed's final forensic report ties a Japan server breach to a public remote-access point and a separate US subsidiary intrusion to remote-access login credentials, and says neither has produced confirmed data misuse to date.