Japanese airline, theme park, railway firms hit in global tech outage

Japanese airlines, restaurants, railway and theme park companies, among others, reported system disruptions on Friday in a global technology outage linked to Microsoft services that has affected a wide range of industries.Japan Airlines Co. said on its website that bookings, reservation changes and cancellations were temporarily unavailable for international and domestic services, adding that purchases could not be made for international flights.Jetstar Japan Co. reported experiencing system malfunctions, including boarding procedures, from around 1:40 p.m., with the issues likely linked to…READ FULL ARTICLE