Kobe Steel scandal exposes fault line in 'Made in Japan' program
China Daily | Updated: 2017-10-17 07:32
TOKYO - Made in Japan became a byword for industrial quality under the once-vaunted keiretsu system of trust-based ties between manufacturers and suppliers.
But that reputation has been eroded during recent years.
Kobe Steel is just the latest in a string of corporate scandals involving data tampering and other methods of cheating to tarnish the Japan Inc quality stamp.
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