South Korean court dismisses wartime labor case against 16 Japan firms
The court said that while the plaintiffs have not lost their right to claims as individuals under a 1965 bilateral agreement, such a right cannot be exercised through lawsuits.
Mitsubishi Materials near to finalizing compensation fund for wartime forced labor in China
The fund represents the final hurdle in a settlement the company reached with Chinese claimants in June 2016.
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. The subsidiaries — Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd., auto-parts manufacturer Diamet Corp. and Mitsubishi Aluminum Co. — allegedly violated ...
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. The nonferrous metal giant is among a host of Japanese manufacturers mired in product data tampering scandals, including ...
Mitsubishi Materials president to step down over data tampering scandal
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. said Monday its president, Akira Takeuchi, will step down to take responsibility for a slew of product quality falsifications at the nonferrous metal group. Takeuchi, 63, will become chairman without representation rights and will be replaced by Executive Vice President Naoki Ono, ...
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. Mutsumi Yasutake, the former chief of auto parts manufacturer Diamet ...
The former president of a Mitsubishi Materials Corp. subsidiary who ordered a cover-up of falsified product-quality data is now working in a new position as a corporate adviser, company officials said Tuesday. Mutsumi Yasutake, the former president of wholly owned unit Diamet Corp., assumed the ...
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.
Mitsubishi Materials reports more incidents of product data falsification at subsidiaries
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. said Thursday it has found more examples of product data falsification at three of its subsidiaries, in the latest in a series of data cheating scandals. Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., aluminum product maker Tachibana Metal Co. and automotive and industrial equipment parts maker ...
Mitsubishi Materials unit hid misconduct to avoid compensation: report
A former president of a Mitsubishi Materials Corp. subsidiary knew data was being fabricated but kept shipping the products in fear of demands for redress, or bankruptcy.
The Japan Times newsroom selected these economy and technology stories as the most important of 2017. 1. Morass of data scandals: Kobe Steel Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and Toray Industries Inc. were all swept up in data falsification scandals, damaging Japan's reputation for high-quality production. In ...
In wake of recent scandals, Japan needs to restore trust of consumers with new corporate mindset
The recent spate of industrial scandals shaking Japan's leading firms underlines the need for top management to develop a whole new attitude toward consumers and manufacturing if companies want to recover public trust and restore the country's image for high-quality production. Revelations of data falsification ...
