TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Another Japanese confirmed dead in Spain train crash
PARIS - Spanish authorities said Monday that another Japanese has been confirmed dead after a train slammed into a stationary train in Spain last week.
The Japanese government said Monday that one Japanese was confirmed dead and another was likely among the unidentified foreign victims of the accident in central Spain on Wednesday last week.
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Cyberattack-hit GMO left system vulnerable for over 2 years
TOKYO - GMO Internet Group Inc. CEO Masatoshi Kumagai said Monday that the company had failed to adequately address a security vulnerability despite being alerted to the weakness in 2024, before a recent cyberattack resulted in a data leak.
At the firm's first press conference since the cyberattack surfaced last month, Kumagai apologized for the incident and damage to customers' assets. The company announced that Kumagai and three other executives will be slapped with pay cuts.
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Suntory Holdings says personal data of around 100,000 people leaked
TOKYO - Leading beverage manufacturer Suntory Holdings Ltd. on Monday joined a growing list of firms reporting personal data leaks, saying information relating to around 100,000 people, including employees, was leaked following unauthorized access to an external cloud service used by the group.
Suntory said it has not confirmed any misuse of the information and that the leaked data included names and email addresses of about 90,000 employees of group companies and affiliated firms.
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Halloween crowd near Tokyo's Shibuya Station peaks at around 20,000
TOKYO - Around 20,000 people gathered near Tokyo's busy Shibuya Station at the peak of Halloween celebrations around 9 p.m. Saturday amid tight security, about four times the peak crowd a year earlier, Shibuya Ward said Monday.
The peak crowd was around 4,500 during last year's Halloween celebrations, when it rained in Shibuya, a major tourist spot.
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Anthropic to raise $3.5 bil. in Japan as part of U.S. initial public offering
TOKYO - U.S. artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic PBC said Monday it will raise up to $3.5 billion from Japanese investors as part of its U.S. initial public offering.
The amount, equivalent to about 550 billion yen, would be the largest ever raised in Japan through an IPO by a foreign company, according to Mizuho Securities Co., which will manage the sale.
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North Korea denies involvement in $6 bil. Binance crypto platform heist
BEIJING - North Korea denied a U.S. accusation that it was involved in the theft of assets worth more than $6 billion from the Binance cryptocurrency exchange platform last week, state media reported Tuesday.
In a statement dated Monday, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, dismissed the accusation by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation as "absurd rhetoric" that is "nothing new," according to the Korean Central News Agency.
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ICC chief raps U.S. sanctions on court, vows to keep pursuing mission
NEW YORK - International Criminal Court chief Tomoko Akane pledged in a statement to the U.N. General Assembly on Monday that the court will continue its work on behalf of victims of serious crimes despite U.S. attempts to undermine its mission.
The Japanese jurist appeared in a pre-recorded video before the assembly to deliver the court's annual report. She could not travel to New York because the United States has barred her entry into the country as part of recent sanctions targeting ICC officials.
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Baseball: Over 10 MLB clubs to hold interview with high school star Oda
TOKYO - Over 10 MLB clubs will interview Yokohama High School pitching star Shoki Oda, its team manager Hiroaki Murata said Monday.
The 18-year-old expressed his intent to head to the United States straight out of high school before he was drafted by the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball as their first pick on Oct. 22.
