a senior executive with benesse group says the company will put aside about $200 million to compensate customers. >> translator: a panel of outside experts will look at what happened and we will fully cooperate with the investigative authorities. >> he also apologized to economy trade and industry minister. motege said it's extremely regrettable that benesse took more than half a year to notice the leak. >> now, those players are competing in an international competition in the birthplace of the game. nhk reports. >> reporter: it started gaining popularity 12 years ago when the first videos of nifty tricks and combinations were up loaded online. >> this simple toy is attracting players from around the world. >> reporter: 108 players from around the country compete for the title. >> it's nervous because you're going up against everyone at once. but it's very fun. >> asokas is only 14, but he's very competitive in the top skills in hawaii. he watches his rivals closely to see what kind of moves they've got. ace took this up about a year ago. he decided to participate in the world champio

group in japan that provides educational services has withdrawn its earnings forecast for the current business year. this follows a leakage of about 23 million items on customers' personal information. benesse wrote down about $250 million as an extraordinary loss. and this is to cover compensation payments to customers and to boost data security. the firm had earlier estimated about $210 million in after tax profit for fiscal 2014, but the managers now say the forecast for the year remains uncertain. news about the leakage is prompting many customers to cancel membership of the firm's services and they include education programs by correspondence. the vice chairman and director in charge resigned on thursday to take responsibility for the data leakage. >>> that is going to do it for business hour. let's get you caught up with the >>> japan's cabinet decided earlier this month to change the interpretation of the constitution to enable the nation to exercise its right to collective self-defense. the decision comes at a time of heightened tensions over north korea's missile launches and china's stepped up mahre time activities. today we take a look at japan's defense policy. ♪ >> reporter: ja