Rakuten sort of signed an agreement with Japan’s National Police Agency, to make fraud prevention a bit stronger across its e-commerce businesses and also to get faster responses when something looks suspicious. It’s like information sharing, but tied to how quickly the police can react.
This agreement links to the broader government push against misuse of IDs, passwords, and stolen credit card data on online services. Basically, under the setup, Rakuten can share transaction details that point to a high chance of fraud, with the National Police Agency, sooner, so investigations can move along faster while keeping the harm smaller.
The initiative covers both Rakuten Ichiba and Rakuten Rakuma, which are two of the company’s biggest consumer marketplaces.
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Online fraud has become more sophisticated as digital commerce keeps growing, so marketplaces can’t just rely on older style monitoring. Rakuten already runs round the clock surveillance to catch odd logins and orders that might be fraudulent, and it also sends users regular security alerts, every so often.
This agreement pushes those efforts a step further by bringing law enforcement closer to the response process instead of treating fraud prevention as an internal platform issue.
The move also builds on Rakuten’s longer-term cooperation with public authorities, including earlier cybercrime initiatives with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and recent fraud prevention efforts involving Rakuten Bank and the National Police Agency.


