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On October 2, 2026, Osaka Metropolitan University suffered a major outage in its information infrastructure systems, including internal email and the campus portal, forcing all classes to be cancelled for the day. According to Kyodo News, there’s no timeline yet for restoration. The thread kicked off with comments like “never heard of this university,” followed by explanations of how it was formed in 2022 from the merger of Osaka Prefecture University and Osaka City University. The discussion also heated up around how attendance-taking now depends entirely on the system, as well as debates over the school’s academic ranking and difficulty level.

Osaka Metropolitan University announced on the 2nd that a major outage had hit its information infrastructure systems, including internal email and the portal site, leading to the cancellation of classes for the entire day. There is reportedly no prospect yet for when the systems will be restored.

October 2, 2026, 12:44 PM, Kyodo News

Source: 47news.jp / Original article here

120AnonymousOct 2, 2026 14:33

Me, a graduate of Osaka City University's business school, just watching from the sidelines.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newsplus) thread “[Breaking] Major System Outage at Osaka Metropolitan University, Classes Cancelled for the Day.”

On October 2, 2026, Yamato Transport announced that its ‘Kuroneko Pay-Later Service’ — which lets customers pay for goods at convenience stores and other outlets after receiving them — suffered unauthorized access. Customer information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses may have been exposed, though the company says credit card numbers and passwords were not included. In the 5ch thread reacting to the announcement, users questioned why pay-later services keep getting targeted, debated the limits of password-based security, speculated about a possible inside job, and recommended paying cash at convenience-store pickup as a safer alternative.

Yamato Transport announced on the 2nd that its payment service for online shopping had suffered unauthorized access, and that customers’ personal information — including names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses — may have been leaked. The scale of the breach is still under investigation, and the company says credit card information and passwords were not included.

The unauthorized access was confirmed on September 28. Information belonging to customers who used the ‘Kuroneko Pay-Later Service’ — which allows people to pay at convenience stores and other locations after receiving their goods — may have been leaked. The service has been suspended since the 28th, though package pickup and delivery continue as normal.

October 2, 2026, 19:08 — Kyodo News

Source: 47news.jp / Original article here

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Breaking News+) thread ‘[Unauthorized Access] Yamato Transport Customer Data Leak?.’

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from relatives — including a brother — of Kosuke Nozaki, known as “Kishu Don Juan” (who died in 2018 at age 77), who had argued that his will leaving roughly ¥1.3 billion to Tanabe City in Wakayama Prefecture was invalid. In a ruling dated September 30, the top court upheld the lower and high court decisions, finalizing the will’s validity. The relatives had claimed the handwriting looked unnatural and that Nozaki had no clear motive for the donation, but both the district and high courts found no evidence suggesting forgery. On 5ch, discussion centered on a quirk of inheritance law: even with a valid will, Nozaki’s ex-wife retains the right to claim her “reserved portion” (iryubun, a guaranteed minimum share), while siblings have no such reserved portion at all — and posters argued over exactly how the shares would break down.

In a lawsuit over the validity of a will leaving roughly ¥1.3 billion — the estate of a wealthy man known as “Kishu Don Juan” — to charity, the Supreme Court has decided to reject an appeal from relatives who argued the will was invalid. The decision, dated September 30, finalizes the first and second trial rulings that upheld the will.

The case involved relatives of Kosuke Nozaki (77 at the time of his death), a wealthy resident of Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture known as “Kishu Don Juan,” who died in 2018. They sought to have invalidated his will, which left approximately ¥1.3 billion of his estate to Tanabe City.

The relatives argued that “the handwriting looks unnatural, and there’s no reasonable motive for donating to Tanabe City.” But the Wakayama District Court, in the first trial, ruled the will “valid,” finding “nothing unreasonable, since the handwriting shows characteristics and quirks unique to Nozaki.” The Osaka High Court, in the second trial, likewise rejected the relatives’ appeal, stating that “even if the characters closely resemble those in another document written by Nozaki, that does not imply the will was forged.”

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Express+) thread “[Supreme Court] “Kishu Don Juan’s” will leaving approx. ¥1.3 billion to Tanabe City, Wakayama ruled valid — relatives’ appeal to invalidate it rejected.”