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Toray latest firm to admit to falsifying quality data
Business, Reuters, Published on 29/11/2017
» TOKYO: Toray Industries Inc yesterday revealed 149 cases of quality data falsification at a materials-making subsidiary spanning eight years, in the latest quality-assurance scandal to hit a Japanese manufacturer.
Japan Inc's safety failures point to deeper malaise
News, Published on 31/10/2017
» A series of safety scandals at Japanese companies have put the country's lionised factory floor under scrutiny as manufacturers struggle with increased pressure on costs, stricter enforcement of standards and growing competition.
Staff crunch? Housewives may be answer
Business, Reuters, Published on 25/07/2017
» TOKYO: Japan's second-largest convenience store chain hopes it has found an answer to its labour problems -- housewives.
24/7 stores in Japan hit by labour shortage
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/04/2017
» TOKYO: Japan's growing labour shortage threatens the nation's ubiquitous convenience stores, whose business model relies on an army of part-timers packing bento lunch boxes, manning cash registers and delivering goods 24/7.