It doesn’t look like Japan will be joining the rest of the world in PS3 online shenanigans this week, as Japanese officials have said that they will not permit PlayStation Network services to resume in the region until Sony provides more information detailing its new security measures.
“We met with Sony on May 6 and 13, and basically we want two things from them,” Kazushige Nobutani, director of the Media and Content Industry department at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, told Dow Jones Newswires.
Nobutani has listed two areas where additional information is required before the approval is issued for the restoration of PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment services.
"The first is preventative measures. As of May 13, Sony was incomplete in exercising measures that they said they will do on the May 1 press conference," Nobutani stated, adding that he could not provide details for the outstanding issues for security reasons.
The second area is how Sony plans to regain the confidence of its users, in handling their personal data such as credit card information.
“There were similar cases in the past that were caused by other firms, and we are asking Sony whether their measures are good enough when compared to countermeasures taken in the past.”
As of Saturday, Sony began a phased restoration for PSN in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Australia, following the disastrous security breach that compromised more than 100 million user accounts less than a month ago.