also: ごほう
noun
later report; further information; follow-up news
Used when promising or expecting a subsequent report or update, often in formal or business contexts.
詳細は後報にてお知らせいたします。
Details will be provided in a later report.
事件の続報は後報を待ってください。
Please wait for further news on the incident.
noun
later retribution; later compensation (for one's deeds)
Only with reading ごほう
Buddhist term for karmic consequences or compensation that manifest later; read ごほう in this sense.
悪行の後報は必ず訪れると説かれている。
It is taught that retribution for evil deeds will inevitably come later.
Compound of 後 (after, later) and 報 (report, news, retribution). The Buddhist sense derives from the concept of karmic consequences manifesting later.