Ransomware actors have targeted manufacturers, retailers, and the Japanese government, with many organizations requiring months to recover.
December 10, 2025 By Robert Lemos
More than two months after ransomware shutdown its operations, Japanese food and beverage giant Asahi Holdings continues to suffer from back-office disruptions and was recently forced to acknowledge the possibility of a data breach affecting 1.9 million people.
The company is not alone among Japanese firms.
Japanese online retailer Askul announced this week that it would resume taking orders from its corporate clients more than six weeks after the firm acknowledged an attack, but still reportedly suffers from shipment delays and would not fulfill orders from individual customers. The online retailer's outage also affected other companies, such as the online store for Muji, a seller of minimalist household goods, which had to halt sales.
Overall, the incidents underscore that Japanese companies are suffering the long tail of recovering from ransomware, especially if the victims refuse to pay the ransom, says Jon Clay, vice president of threat intelligence for cybersecurity firm Trend Micro.
