News
January 2017
December 2016
- Ten major topics for 2016 related to consumer affairs
- Beware of handling hair dryers; you might get burned from ignition or sparks, and your hair might be sucked and caught
November 2016
- Results of telephone consultation through "Over-60 Consumer Trouble Dial 110"
- Car sun visor shield suddenly flipped down and blocked driver's view; Stop using it if fixing is loose
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
- Beware leakage from a smartphone case containing liquid
- Electricity retail liberalization has started - Collect right information and fully understand your contract details! Watch out for opportunistic solicitations -
March 2016
- Never enter a rip-off bar! - Cheerful mood vanishes, ends up with hefty charges -
- NCAC NEWS(Vol.27,No.6)
- Full liberalization of the electricity retail market in 3 weeks - Collect right information and fully understand contract details! Watch out for opportunistic solicitations -
February 2016
- Beware problems related to solicitations of optical fiber broadband service
- Full liberalization of the electricity retail market in less than 50 days! - Collect right information and fully understand contract details! Watch out for opportunistic solicitations -
January 2016
November 2015
September 2015
- Suspicious phone calls asking "Lend your name", "Buy this on behalf of him" etc. are fraudulent! - Watch out for fraud troubles related to purchase of old coins -
- NCAC NEWS(Vol.27,No.3)
August 2015
- Consumer troubles seen from the aspect of natural disasters - from troubles over repair work of devastated houses to piggybacking scams -
- A pile of troubles among elderly people! Inquiries about IP phone services are growing
- FY2014 Summary of Harmful and Hazardous Incident Information received through PIO-NET
- FY2014 Summary of Consumer Affairs Consultations received through PIO-NET
- Unexpected billing for cosmetics purchased through advertisement on SNS - The counterparty found out to be an overseas fraudulent trader although the transaction was made on a website in Japanese!? -
- 100 thousand yen for a laundry pole!? - Surge in troubles over traveling sales again -
July 2015
- Growing among people in their twenties! Inquiries and complaints about at-home affiliate and drop-shipping marketing: Get rich by introducing friends? Some people are even pushed into debt to make payments
- FY2014 Summary of "Consumer Trouble Mail Box"
- NCAC NEWS(Vol.27,No.2)
June 2015
- Beware suspicious phone calls exploiting the personal information leak at the Japan Pension Service (the second report)
- Beware suspicious phone calls exploiting the personal information leak at the Japan Pension Service
- The never-ending safety hazards of eyelash extension treatments
May 2015
- Solicitation rules for commodity futures transactions are changing! : When solicited, do not make a contract if you don't understand the structure of transaction or the risk size
- Cancellation of contract with an adult website business cannot be negotiated by an administrative scrivener!
- NCAC NEWS(Vol.27,No.1)
