It'll be a long winter for some of Japan's tourist operators.

After a shocking number of reports about patients being turned away from emergency care and inevitably dieing, it is clear that the medical system is in a dire condition. But what exactly is going wrong?

The biggest threat to the security of any company’s data is not hackers or other external threats, it’s from the firm’s own employees. It is true that Japan is a little better than most countries, thanks to employees being more inclined to follow the rules. Nonetheless, a recent Cisco-funded survey found that about 21% of IT managers suspected that their users were sharing PCs and other devices with unauthorized users.

Although the government report on the unemployment rate in Japan does not look too bad, upon closer inspection, it may not be as good as it seems...