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DATA FABRICATION

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2019
Kobe Steel hit with ¥100 million fine over data fabrication that continued for four decades
A Tokyo court ordered Kobe Steel Ltd. on Wednesday to pay a ¥100 million ($898,000) fine for fabricating product quality data at its domestic plants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2018
Volkswagen Japan reports dozens of improper car inspections related to exhaust emissions and fuel economy
Volkswagen Japan says it has found 83 cases in which exhaust emissions and fuel economy data were improperly recorded for new cars since 2012.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2018
Last thing quake-prone Japan needed was the KYB data-rigging scandal
In disaster-prone Japan, earthquake resistance is vital to prevent buildings from collapsing when a powerful temblor hits, and builders and seismic reinforcement providers have repeatedly given assurances about the safety of their structures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 29, 2018
Hitachi unit admits to improper inspections of chip materials
A chemical product unit of Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it had conducted improper quality inspections on its semiconductor materials, the latest such revelation among major Japanese manufacturers.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2018
In survey of Japan's makers of quake shock absorbers, 81 firms say they haven't fabricated data
Eighty-one of 86 Japanese makers of earthquake shock absorbers that have filed reports with the ministry found no instances of product quality data fabrication, infrastructure minister Keiichi Ishii said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2018
Subaru blames high workloads as it finds more cases of improper vehicle inspections
Subaru Corp. blamed inspectors' excessive workloads as it revealed fresh cases of improper vehicle inspections in a final report on its data falsifications.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2018
Three Mitsubishi Materials units indicted over data fabrication
Tokyo prosecutors said Wednesday they have indicted three subsidiaries of Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and the former presidents at two of the units over suspected product data fabrication.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2018
Mitsubishi Materials units raided by prosecutors in product data fabrication probe
Prosecutors raided Mitsubishi Materials Corp. subsidiaries last month for alleged product data fabrication that violated a law preventing unfair competition, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2018
Kobe Steel expected to be indicted in data fabrication scandal
Kobe Steel Ltd. is expected to be indicted over a data fabrication scandal that rocked the manufacturing industry, as police are set to refer the company to prosecutors possibly next week, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2018
Prosecutors, police raid Kobe Steel offices over data fabrication scandal
Offices raided in Kobe, Tokyo and other locations Tuesday over a law that prevents unfair competition, which authorities believe the company violated by systematically misrepresenting its products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 31, 2018
Prosecutors to raid Kobe Steel over quality data fabrication
Prosecutors are poised to search sites linked to Kobe Steel Ltd. over quality data fabrication by the company, sources close to the situation said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 10, 2018
Ex-Mitsubishi Materials unit head to resign as adviser after one month
The ex-president of a scandal-hit unit of Mitsubishi Materials Corp. will step down as adviser only a month since assuming the post after he resigned from his former job for ordering a data falsification cover-up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 28, 2018
Mitsubishi Materials group firm covered up data falsification even after internal probe found misconduct
According to a final report, Diamet Corp. neglected final product quality tests and modified specification data when they did not meet figures agreed upon with clients.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 6, 2018
Kobe Steel CEO steps down over data fabrication scandal
The move comes as the firm seeks to take responsibility for the brouhaha that dented the nation's once vaunted reputation for excellence.
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2018
METI to increase fine for defying industrial standards to ¥100 million
The industry ministry plans to raise the maximum fine for failing to meet industrial standards to ¥100 million ($894,000), 100 times the current level, in light of the continuing string of product data scandals marring Japanese companies, officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2016
Residents vote to rebuild entire defective condo complex in Yokohama
Residents in a scandal-hit condominium complex in Yokohama decided Monday to rebuild all four buildings, not just the one that is tilting because of defective pilings.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2015
Construction company official admits to also fabricating piling data
A worker with a competitor of the company behind the faulty piling work on a Yokohama condominium admits to fabricating data to meet deadlines due to pressure from contractors.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2015
Building pilings scandal widens; piling worker 'apologizes' to mother
Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp., beset by a faked construction-records scandal, says a worker who fabricated data for pilings beneath a tilting condominium in Yokohama manipulated figures for at least eight other facilities nationwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2015
Asahi Kasei falsified data in 300 projects, sources say
Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp. is suspected of falsifying data in some 300 of the 3,040 piling projects it has worked on over the past decade.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
In a first, Japan doctors sue Google over negative reviews on firm's map app
One of the lawyers representing a group of doctors suing Google told a news conference that the main purpose of the lawsuit is not to seek compensation but instead to raise awareness over various problems with the Google Maps system.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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