Uchikura & Co Blog
2025-10-04
Japan Elected Its First Female Conservative Prime Minister Japan's leading party has just elected Sanae Takaichi as its leader, making her the country's first female conservative prime minister. Th...
2025-10-04
The Cost of a Cybersecurity Breach: Lessons from the Asahi Attack On September 29, 2025, Asahi Group Holdings, one of Japan’s largest beverage producers, announced that it had suffered a major cyber...
2025-10-03
Washington Adds Sales Tax on Web & IT Services — PSP, Inc. Offers Relief Washington State has recently expanded its sales tax rules to include web development and IT services. This means that project...
2025-10-03
Starting to Feel Like Fall I'm waking up early and leaving home around 7 o'clock, and I try to stop by a nearby park before I get to the office to fit in a 30 to 40-minute walk. This morning was bea...
2025-10-01
Is Authentication via SMS (Text Message) Really Secure? People might assume that SMS (Short Message Service) authentication from mobile carriers is secure. Unlike internet-based messaging apps like ...
2025-09-30
I’m a friend of the owner of TRES SANDWICH in Bellevue, and I’m excited to share some news—they’ve just created a brand-new food truck and are getting ready to launch it! Now, here’s where you come...
2025-09-30
Starting tomorrow, businesses in Washington State will be required to collect sales tax on a range of services that, until now, were not subject to sales tax. This change means that many companies ...
2025-09-30
This is a phishing email. Phishing is a scam where criminals pretend to be a trusted company to trick you into giving them personal information, like your account name, password, or credit card numbe...
2025-09-29
Washington State had the highest average gas price in the USA around mid-September 2025, with prices hitting about $4.66 per gallon. This was driven by a mix of refinery issues, pipeline outages, hig...
2025-09-29
Something Wonderful is Coming to Make It Secure Before the era of Passkey Authentication, many online services relied on one-time passwords (OTP) as the extra layer of security. OTPs are temporary ...