EDION, a consumer electronics retailer, revealed that the servers of group companies were compromised and more than 77,000 items such as customer names and phone numbers were deleted. The company is investigating the possibility that the deleted information may have been leaked to the outside.

Indonesian president Joko Widodo also known as Jokowi has again issued a statement regarding the 2024 General Election. He emphasized that the General Election will be held on 14th February and the Region Head Election will be held in November 2024.

Around 3:00 pm on the 7th, at 3-chome, Namba, Chuo-ku, Osaka, there was an emergency 110 call saying, "Lightweight car crashed into the ticket shop with the feeling of drunk driving." According to the Osaka Prefectural Police Department, a light passenger car in Nishiyodogawa Ward driven by a self-employed man (32), in the same city hit the entrance of the store, and a female customer (30) broke his right leg and three women were seriously injured.

The United States emphasized to Indonesia that they would not take part in the series of G20 meetings if representatives from Russia were present.

The restrictions on the number of people who can enter Japan are now being relaxed, because the government is eager to increase the entry limits for people who want to come to Japan. The current limit for people to enter Japan is 7,000 people per day, the Japanese government will relax the policy to 10,000 people per day.

Indonesia will not side with anyone as the rotating chairman of the G20, said Indonesian Ambassador to the United Nations Dian Triansyah Djani on Thursday (24/3/2022).

According to Tankan (Corporate Short-term Economic Observation Survey) released by the Bank of Japan, the index showing the economic judgment of large companies deteriorated for the first time in 7 quarters in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. It has become clear that the further rise in raw material prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become a burden on the economy.

As of March 30, new border measures for new corona virus infection in Japan. After midnight on April 1, returnees and immigrants from the following countries will not be required to wait at the accommodation facility of the quarantine station.

Regarding the ballistic missile launched by North Korea on the 24th, Minister of Defense Kishi said at a press conference after the cabinet meeting that the new ICBM = intercontinental ballistic missile class, which was first confirmed at a press conference, could cover the entire United States and they said, "It's a serious threat of a different dimension than before."

The Japan Coast Guard announced at 02.38 PM that they had been contacted by the Ministry of Defense when it was informed that “a possible ballistic missile was launched from North Korea”.

Japan's Kawai sisters achieved their goal of both striking gold in women's wrestling. Kawai Risako won the freestyle 57-kilogram category on Thursday to match younger sister Yukako, who won 62-kilogram gold the day before.

Tokyo stock market on the 4th, stock prices fell.