BREAKING: KDDI has signed Asia’s first Starlink Mobile V2 agreement with SpaceX. The service aims to bring high-speed internet and native voice calls directly to phones across Japan’s mobile dead zones by the end of 2027. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell: “We are grateful to KDDI for trusting us to deliver resilient connectivity to their customers with our next-gen V2 technology… creating a seamless experience for their customers no matter where they are.” KDDI CEO Hiromichi Matsuda: “Since 2021, our partnership with SpaceX has grown stronger and more ambitious… The Starlink Mobile V2 agreement marks a new chapter as we push the boundaries of connectivity and create new value for the future.”

BREAKING: KDDI has just launched Japan’s first private-network service connecting smartphones & IoT devices through @Starlink satellites using au Starlink Direct. 🇯🇵 Businesses can securely link devices in mobile dead zones to internal systems without using the public internet.

A data breach at Japanese telecom company KDDI may have exposed the email addresses and passwords of up to 14.2 million accounts across six internet service providers (ISPs). According to KDDI, hackers gained access by exploiting a vulnerability in third-party software used by one of its email systems. The company says it blocked the attackers after discovering the breach and is working with the affected ISPs to improve security. The exact number of affected accounts is still being investigated. KDDI also said some passwords were stored in hashed or encrypted form, but it did not specify how many.

BREAKING: Fibergate has just launched a @Starlink Business equipment rental service in Japan 🇯🇵 Using KDDI’s Starlink Business, the service will bring high-speed internet to mountains, remote islands, construction sites, ships and areas affected by natural disasters.

BREAKING: Four major carriers have confirmed Starlink support for the newly launched iPhone 18 Pro range. 🇺🇸 T-Mobile 🇯🇵 au/KDDI 🇯🇵 NTT Docomo 🇦🇺 Telstra No special satellite phone or extra hardware. Starlink lets a regular iPhone stay connected where cell towers cannot reach.

BREAKING: Fibergate has launched a Starlink Business equipment rental service in Japan. 🇯🇵🛰️ Powered by KDDI’s Starlink Business service, the new rental option will bring high-speed internet to: • Mountains and remote islands • Construction sites • Ships • Areas affected by natural disasters Starlink is expanding access to reliable connectivity where traditional networks can be difficult to deploy.

BREAKING: Japanese companies are now selling off assets just to survive their own borrowing costs. Japan's 10-year yield hit 3% this week for the first time in three decades, and issuing new yen bonds now costs about 10 times more than it did a decade ago. A Bloomberg survey of 30 major Japanese firms found companies like KDDI and Chugoku Electric are now considering selling strategic shareholdings just to pay down debt. Toyota and Tohoku Electric say refinancing bonds due in the next two years alone could push their annual interest bills up more than 30%. Japanese companies have already sold over $110 billion in dollar and euro bonds this year just to avoid borrowing in yen, making Japan the biggest bond issuer in the entire Asia Pacific region. This is happening alongside a full blown currency crisis. USDJPY has been swinging wildly near the 160 level that already triggered joint US-Japan intervention once, while Japan's entire bond curve, from 2-year to 30-year, is sitting at multi decade highs. Rising yields, a weak yen, and now corporate Japan restructuring its balance sheet all at once. This is what a financial crisis looks like from the inside.