MHLW: the online application system for employment adjustment subsidies stopped on day one after showing other applicants' details

1. 2020-05-20

   Soon after the system opened around 10 a.m., reports came in that other applicants' names, phone numbers and email addresses were visible, and it was shut down within about an hour. About 2,000 registrations had been made by then. [2] [5]

2. 2020-05-22

   Health minister Katsunobu Kato apologized and explained that several people registering at the same time had been given the same ID. [5]

3. 2020-06-05

   The system reopened at noon but was shut again after another fault: at least one company's application papers could be seen by other businesses. [3]

4. 2020-06-09

   The ministry said pay slips and other data of two employees of one company had leaked and been viewed by 10 companies. [4]

The ministry had ordered the system from Fujitsu without competitive bidding, and Fujitsu had passed work on to three other companies. [3]