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Mitsubishi Materials admits to labeling substandard concrete-making material with JIS certification
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. said Friday that material used to make concrete was mistakenly shipped out with a Japan Industrial Standard certification label even though it was actually substandard. This is the first case of quality-control issues confirmed at the parent company since the nonferrous metal ...
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. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and ...
Mitsubishi Materials unveils more data falsification and other misconduct
Mitsubishi Materials Corp., a manufacturer of components used in automobiles and aircraft, said Tuesday it has found more cases of data falsification and misconduct following a probe conducted in the wake of data-rewriting revelations at three of its subsidiaries. The nonferrous metal and industrial product ...
Tech arrogance behind scandals in manufacturing, professor says
Japan’s faith in technological superiority is encouraging manufacturers to take the types of shortcuts that are damaging Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials, a professor says.
On reconciliation tour, American ex-POW, 95, revisits Miyagi mine, scene of horrific memories
At the entrance of the defunct lead and zinc mine in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, earlier in October, American Henry Chamberlain, 95, had to lean on his cane to ease the fatigue linked to the beatings he received from Japanese soldiers during World War II. In ...
Mitsubishi Materials settles with ex-slave laborers in China
The former Mitsubishi Mining Corp. apologizes to and settles with thousands of victims it forced to work during WWII.
Mitsubishi Materials set to settle 3,765 Chinese wartime labor redress claims
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. has offered apologies and compensation of 100,000 yuan (¥2 million) for each victim in the biggest postwar compensation payout of its kind.
