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SCANDALS

COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2015
Why the Takata air bag crisis threatens 'Abenomics'
A symbol of all that's wrong with Japan Inc., Shinzo Abe must make an example of the scandal-hit company.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2015
Large-scale sexting at Colorado high school results in criminal probe, suspensions
Widespread circulation of hundreds of sexually explicit photos among students at a Colorado high school via text messages has triggered a criminal investigation, multiple suspensions and the forfeiture of a football game, officials said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2015
Ben Carson's recollections of West Point, youth come under question
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson's recollection of being offered a scholarship to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was questioned on Friday, potentially damaging the credibility of the 64-year-old retired neurosurgeon.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 2, 2015
Let's discuss the tilting Yokohama condo scandal
An employee at the center of a data falsification scandal involving a tilting condo in Yokohama oversaw piling work at 41 projects in nine prefectures.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2015
Piling scandal probe may expand to other firms, minister hints
The infrastructure minister lashes out at Asahi Kasei Construction Materials for falsifying the piling records of building foundations and hints a state probe might expand to snare other contractors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2015
Season of scandal hits Japan with flurry of corporate confessions
Japan, which prides itself on maintaining propriety and order, has suddenly been hit by a spate of corporate scandals.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2015
Toyo Tire says rubber data manipulated; shares plunge
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. said an internal probe found that it failed to test the quality of some rubber products and data was manipulated in other cases.
EDITORIALS
Oct 13, 2015
Volkswagen cheats
The Volkswagen scandal has also exposed an uncomfortable truth that has long been known but rarely discussed — virtually all automakers 'cheat' on the emissions tests.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2015
Malaysian central bank urged criminal prosecution of state fund
Malaysia's central bank said on Friday it had urged the country's attorney general to begin criminal prosecution of troubled fund 1MDB after completing its investigation, piling more pressure on Prime Minister Najib Razak who chairs the fund's advisory board.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2015
U.S. chief knew VW could be breaking emissions rules 18 months ago
Volkswagen's top U.S. executive knew the carmaker might be breaking U.S. emissions rules as long as 18 months before it admitted cheating diesel tests to regulators, he will tell a panel of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 8, 2015
Brazil's Rousseff loses legal battle, faces impeachment threat
Brazil's besieged President Dilma Rousseff lost a major battle on Wednesday when the federal audit court rejected her government's accounts from last year, paving the way for her opponents to try to impeach her.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2015
Let VW face the same penalties as the rest of us
Corporations are responsible for lawbreaking and murder on a massive scale. So why is it just little private individuals who get the book thrown at them?
EDITORIALS
Sep 30, 2015
Bar exam system needs reform
The system for choosing who writes questions for the bar exam is in need of a major revamp in light of the recent scandal involving a Meiji University professor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2015
Climate and the Volkswagen scandal
But there are several scandals swirling around Volkswagen's emissions malfeasance, and the most important may be European governments' passion for diesel over gasoline.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2015
Emissions bombshell stretches far beyond VW
The revelation that Volkswagen cheated for years on emissions tests raises a mammoth question: Who else did the same?

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