
By Kyosuke Murakami and Yuji Kimura / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
15:36 JST,
March 14, 2026
Last year saw 143 ransomware attacks on small and midsize companies in Japan, accounting for 60% of all attacks in the country for the second year in a row, according to the National Police Agency.
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