AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoCybersecurity: App vulnerabilities may be behind attacks on Japanese firms, with AI possibly helping hackers find server weaknesses. PHP flaws also forced hundreds of websites offline, while Sagawa Express says data on up to 53 million shipments may have leaked. The government plans cyberattack simulations and a white-hat hacker team. Economy: Core inflation reached 2.1% in September, strengthening expectations of a possible BOJ rate hike. The government is reviewing gasoline subsidies as costs mount. Space: Japan’s MMX spacecraft is beginning a five-year mission to study Mars’s moons and bring back samples from Phobos by 2031. Culture: Nintendo creator Shigeru Miyamoto will become the first video game designer to receive Japan’s Order of Culture. Novelist Ryu Murakami, author of Almost Transparent Blue, has died aged 74. Sports: Hideki Matsui has been named manager of the Yomiuri Giants, and Japan’s Sora Matsushima and Miwa Harimoto won the mixed-doubles title at the Asian table tennis championships.
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