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SCANDAL

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2018
ANC orders Zuma to step down as South African president but doesn't specify timing
South Africa's ruling party ordered Jacob Zuma on Tuesday to step down as head of state after marathon talks over the fate of a leader whose scandal-plagued years in power darkened and divided Nelson Mandela's post-apartheid "Rainbow Nation."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2018
Nissan cuts FY 2017 operating profit outlook after scandal, but expects record high net profit due to U.S. tax reform
Nissan Motor Co. has downgraded its group operating profit outlook for the year through March due to an inspection scandal, while raising its net profit projection to a record high following the U.S. tax overhaul.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 12, 2018
Banned canoeist not only spiked rival's drink but also swiped his passport and defamed him in emails
A canoeist who has been banned after admitting that he doped a fellow competitor's drink, contrived a variety of schemes to rattle his rival, an official source said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2017
Kobe Steel says senior executives knew about data tampering
Kobe Steel Ltd., at the center of a data-falsification scandal that has shaken Japan's manufacturing industry, admitted for the first time that executives had been aware of the tampering and reassigned three senior officials.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 28, 2017
Toray latest in slew of Japanese firms to admit falsifying data
Toray Hybrid Cord says it identified 149 cases out of 40,000 in which two employees in charge of quality assurance modified figures.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 22, 2017
Audit finds no grounds for massive discount in Osaka land sale involving Abe-linked school operator
The government sold land in Osaka to school operator Moritomo Gakuen for a highly discounted price based on faulty data estimating the cost of removing industrial waste from the site.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 19, 2017
Sumo scandal deepens as conflicting accounts of alleged assault emerge
The assault scandal involving yokozuna Harumafuji deepens as conflicting accounts emerge of his alleged attack on fellow wrestler Takanoiwa during a drunken brawl.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2017
Nissan cites poor communication in safety check malpractice, acknowledged to have started as early as 1979
Nissan Motor chief Hiroto Saikawa blames a lack of communication between workers and managers as a root cause of its decades of improper vehicle checks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 14, 2017
Former South Korean envoy to Japan detained over illegal payment allegations
South Korean prosecutors detained on Tuesday the country's former ambassador to Japan and former chief of the National Intelligence Service over allegations that his agency made illegal payments to aides of then-President Park Geun-hye.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2017
Kobe Steel says deadline pressure led to data falsification
Kobe Steel Ltd., rocked by a data fabrication scandal, said Friday its internal probe has found that pressure to meet delivery dates was behind its product irregularities and unveiled measures to prevent similar problems in the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2017
Scandal-hit Kobe Steel has 'look the other way' culture, they say in its hometown
A retired Kobe Steel employee says the company's corporate culture was to look the other way even while you saw what was going on.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 3, 2017
Kevin Spacey seeks treatment after sexual misconduct claims
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is seeking unspecified treatment, according to his representatives, following allegations of sexual misconduct that have forced a halt in production of his Netflix show "House of Cards" and a social media backlash.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 19, 2017
Japan's automakers issue reassurances as global bodies urge freeze on Kobe Steel products
Ex-employees revealed how the disgraced steel maker systematically engaged in deceptive practices and shipped products that did not meet specifications for years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2017
Lexus 'evaluating' partnership with Weinstein Co.
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus unit said on Tuesday it is evaluating its partnership with film and TV production firm The Weinstein Company after allegations that co-founder Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted a number of women.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2017
GM seen checking impact of Kobe Steel data cheating to determine if parts were falsely certified
General Motors is checking whether its cars contain falsely certified parts or components sourced from Kobe Steel, Kyodo News reported on Thursday, the latest major automaker to be dragged into the cheating scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2017
Lawmaker Yamao resigns from the DP after alleged extramarital affair deepens opposition party's crisis
Long considered a rising star, Shiori Yamao exits the Democratic Party amid an emerging scandal, dealing a blow to the nascent leadership of the struggling opposition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 16, 2017
Belgian town upholds 22-year tradition, cooks giant omelet despite Europe egg scare
A Belgian town honored its 22-year-old tradition of making a giant omelet on Tuesday amidst an egg contamination scare, cooking 10,000 eggs in a pan 4 meters wide.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / CABINET INTERVIEW 2017
Aug 10, 2017
New education chief looks to repair ministry's tarnished image
The new education minister says he will decide on whether to approve scandal-tainted school operator Kake Gakuen's bid to open a new veterinary department after weighing the results of an ongoing screening by the ministry's panel of experts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 31, 2017
No apology as Inada attends Defense Ministry resignation ceremony
At her resignation ceremony, Tomomi Inada calls for an “open” Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces but does not apologize for the cover-up scandal that brought her down.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2017
Inada dismisses 'notes' linked to South Sudan peacekeeper data coverup scandal
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada shrugged off Wednesday a news report on ministry notes suggesting her involvement in an alleged coverup of controversial logs that listed the daily activity of Japanese troops serving as peacekeepers in South Sudan.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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