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DATA

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 28, 2017
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 27, 2017
Lax management and staff shortages led to Toray misconduct, probe finds
Data fabrication at a Toray Industries Inc. subsidiary was caused by the management's lack of interest in quality control and a staff shortage, a report by outside experts said Wednesday.
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
Dec 6, 2017
Tokyo startup taps AI and big data to turn customer complaints into cash
Hearing consumers' frustrations may be unpleasant for business operators, but within such feedback lies a hidden trove of information that can be used to improve products and services.
EDITORIALS
Dec 1, 2017
Better response needed to product data falsification
Companies need to come clean on how the data falsification misconduct was allowed to continue for so long.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 30, 2017
Toray president admits learning of subsidiary's product data manipulation 16 months ago
Toray Industries Inc. President Akihiro Nikkaku was aware that product data was being manipulated at a subsidiary in August 2016, two months before he received a formal report on the misconduct, informed sources said.
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
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2017
Uber told potential investor SoftBank about data breach before telling the public
Uber Technologies Inc. said Thursday that it discussed a massive data breach with potential investor SoftBank Group Corp. ahead of going public with details of the incident on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2017
EU privacy regulators to discuss Uber hack and coverup next week
European Union privacy regulators will discuss ride-hailing app Uber's massive data breach coverup next week and could create a task-force to coordinate investigations.
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
Oct 30, 2017
Kobe Steel scraps earnings forecast as data scandal clouds outlook
The embattled steel maker acknowledges it can't predict how the scandal involving falsified product data will affect earnings in coming months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2017
Kobe Steel loses JIS quality certification for some copper products
A key quality certification for some of Kobe Steel's copper and copper-alloy products has been revoked over the firm's data falsification scandal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2017
Lack of automation let Kobe Steel manually manipulate inspection certificate process, official says
Some Kobe Steel Ltd. plants lack systems that automatically input product inspection data from measuring devices to produce inspection certificates, it was learned Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2017
Kobe Steel said employees' cover-up hampered internal probe on data falsification scandal
Kobe Steel's data-fabrication scandal deepens after revelations that employees failed to disclose deceptive practices at the troubled metal maker.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 14, 2017
Kobe Steel's continuing scandals raise major compliance issues
Kobe Steel Ltd.'s data fabrication scandal is the latest problem to stain the firm since the 1990s, raising serious questions about its compliance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2017
Kobe Steel scandal widens to 500 firms
Chairman says all business sections being probed, promises to shoulder clients' costs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Oct 13, 2017
Kobe Steel cheating scandal driven by competition to improve metals, especially for automakers
Behind the scandal engulfing Kobe Steel Ltd. over the falsification of data for some of the materials it supplied is a harsh reality for Japanese steel companies: the need to provide higher and higher quality metals to compete.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2017
Government mulls setting up AI center to analyze genetic data of dementia patients
The government may set up a data center to analyze the genomes of dementia patients utilizing artificial intelligence to interpret vast amounts of information, assist doctors and prescribe treatments.
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2017
Japanese firms give telecommuting a try on designated day to ease rush hour congestion
It's Monday morning. You roll out of bed, grab a coffee, sit on the couch and you're already at work. Sound good? Well, that's how the government wants you to work.

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