Manufacturing companies such as Kobe Steel, Nissan, Subaru, Mitsubishi Materials and the Japanese economy have hit the "fraud scandal" one after another to confront the unprecedented confidence of decades of accumulated trust.

After the first domino fell, the chain reaction loses control of everything.

Since October, companies such as Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials have acknowledged the existence of counterfeit data, and Japan's credibility and international image have plummeted. The reputation of Japanese manufacturing suffered another hit, the Japanese carbon fiber giant Toray admitted data fraud exists in its products.

Toray Japan admitted fraud

On the 28th, Toray Koshihiro, president of Japan, held a press conference in Tokyo to bow to an apology and said: "I apologize in good faith for causing serious troubles."

Chain crash! Today, the Japanese giant admitted fraud, the perfect person began to collapse

According to Japanese media reports, Tuesday morning, the world's largest producer of carbon fiber Toray held a press conference, admitted that its subsidiary Toray Hybrid Cord Inc production of tire wire data fraud. An internal investigation found that in April 2008 to July 2016, there were 149 cases of improper handling of data in the subsidiary, affecting 13 customers. The announcement did not mention the customer's name, Toray said it has not received any security risks or quality problems report.

According to Toray, the products involved are mainly fiber-reinforced materials for automobile tires, pipes and belts, totaling about 400 tons. It is noteworthy that, as one of the Boeing suppliers, the data-faked Toray products do not include fiber-reinforced materials for aircraft manufacturing. Toray signed a $ 8.3 billion deal with Boeing in 2014 to become the exclusive carbon fiber supplier for the new Boeing 777 aircraft.

Toray president Hiroshi Kawakami said at a press conference:

"Kobe Steel broke the fake scandal, Toray related posts online, the company decided to expose the fake incident"

Chain crash! Today, the Japanese giant admitted fraud, the perfect person began to collapse

When asked: "If Kobe steel and Mitsubishi Materials are not found to be counterfeit, you do not consider open?"

Japan president felt positive, causing an uproar.

Chain crash! Today, the Japanese giant admitted fraud, the perfect person began to collapse

In addition, Toray also explained:

"Although slightly below the standard specifications, but no substantial difference in quality, there was no security problems, nor received customer complaints."

Chain crash! Today, the Japanese giant admitted fraud, the perfect person began to collapse

At the apologies of Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials, the reporters also saw the same bow and heard similar explanations.

Japan manufacturing scandal frequent

Since October, companies such as Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials have admitted the existence of counterfeit data, and Nissan has also uncovered scandals that use unqualified personnel for vehicle inspection.

1) Kobe Steel: Its three factories and one subsidiary have provided substandard products to manufacturers in many fields such as automobiles, aircraft, military and high-speed trains by tampering with performance data such as the strength of some aluminum and copper products, The survey also found that some products have been using tampered data since ten years ago.

2) Mitsubishi Materials: The three subsidiary companies of the Company, namely Mitsubishi Electric Wire Industry, Mitsubishi Extend Copper and Mitsubishi Aluminum, have counterfeit problems with the technical parameters of manufactured products, tampered with product test data and provided materials to customers that did not meet the contractual requirements Required rubber gasketing products, this fraud can be traced back in April 2015. Another subsidiary, Mits Subishi Shindoh, has changed the metal product data back to October 2016.

3) Nissan: Due to the shortage of quality inspectors, the factory foreman disguised the apprentices as qualified quality inspectors. The improper quality inspection became a common phenomenon in the 1990s, but the earliest date can be traced back to 1979.

4) Toray: Confession of Toray Hybrid Cord, a subsidiary of its automotive tire material, falsified the quality inspection data. False data mainly relates to ancillary materials that enhance the strength of car tires. From April 2008 to July 2016, data fraud totaled 149 cases and affected 13 corporate clients.