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Tokyo, May 13 (Jiji Press) Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Thursday that he will visit the International Space Station in December, becoming the first non-astronaut Japanese space traveler.
Maezawa, 45, the founder of online fashion mall operator Zozo Inc. , will travel to the ISS on a three-seater Russian Soyuz spacecraft, together with Yozo Hirano, 35, an executive of a Maezawa-related firm, and a Russian astronaut.
The ISS trip will precede his journey to the moon expected for 2023. In 2018, he was chosen as one of the first passengers of a moon flight by U.S. aerospace firm SpaceX.
Maezawa has a contract with U.S. space travel firm Space Adventures, which offers space trips using Soyuz. He will receive training for the ISS flight, including in Russia, from mid-June. He has already passed pre-training tests.
Two Japanese space tourists to fly to ISS on board Russia s Soyuz in Dec - Roscosmos
MOSCOW. May 13 (Interfax) - Two Japanese space tourists will head to the International Space Station (ISS) on board Russia s Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft in December, the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos said. Space Adventures, Inc., the world s leading space experiences company, announced that Yusaku Maezawa has begun preparations for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by successfully passing the required medical examinations. He and his production assistant, Yozo Hirano, are planning to launch on the Russian Soyuz MS-20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 8, 2021, Roscosmos said.
(AP photo) Japanese messaging app Line, owned by SoftBank Corp’s Z Holdings Corp, allowed Chinese engineers at a Shanghai affiliate to access data on Japanese users without seeking their consent, Japanese media reported on Wednesday. Under Japanese privacy regulations, companies have to inform users when their personal data is sent overseas, public broadcaster NHK said. “There hasn’t been anything that breached legal or regulatory boundaries,” a spokesman for Line said.” We will continue to respond to laws and regulations in all jurisdictions, including Japan.” Government officials responsible for overseeing privacy protection were not immediately available for comment. Four engineers at a company in China, who perform system maintenance for Line, were allowed to access servers in Japan from 2018 that contained the names, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of users, local media said.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s government said on Wedneseday it would investigate messaging app Line, owned by SoftBank Corp’s Z Holdings Corp, after Japanese media reports that it let Chinese engineers at a Shanghai affiliate access Japanese users’ data without informing them.
FILE PHOTO: The logo of free messaging app Line is pictured on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tokyo, Japan September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Under Japanese privacy regulations, companies have to let users know when their personal data is sent overseas, public broadcaster pubic broadcaster NHK and other local media reported earlier.
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Japan to probe messaging app Line after reports it let Chinese engineers access user data
FILE PHOTO: The logo of free messaging app Line is pictured on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tokyo, Japan September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
17 Mar 2021 05:15PM (Updated:
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TOKYO: The Japanese government said on Wednesday (Mar 17) it would investigate messaging app Line after Japanese media reported that Line, owned by SoftBank Corp s Z Holdings Corp, let Chinese engineers at a Shanghai affiliate access the data of Japanese users without informing them.