ESG：聚焦网络安全与对话

With advances in AI making cyberattacks more sophisticated and adept, cybersecurity is becoming an increasingly critical management issue for protecting business continuity and corporate value. According to Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission, preliminary reports of personal data leaks from unauthorized access since April totaled 2,094 cases, exceeding the 1,256 cases for all of the previous year, with October claims at 830, more than 2.7x the prior month. Cyberattacks are also affecting corporate activity: GMO Internet suspended some services and paid compensation, Asahi Group Holdings saw a September 2025 attack halt order and shipment operations and delay results, with an estimated ~¥40bn profit impact, and Nichirei projects ¥1.0bn of extraordinary losses plus an ¥800mn hit to operating profit. Of the 99 TOPIX 100 constituents reviewed, 53.5% (53 companies) included cybersecurity wording in materiality or strategy discussions and 14.1% (14 companies) identified it as