TOKYO, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Mitsubishi Materials Corp. submitted a report to the transport ministry on Friday regarding its subsidiaries falsifying quality data in a latest scandal to tarnish Japan's manufacturing industry.
The submission of the report follows the company admitting Thursday that three of its subsidiaries, Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd., Mitsubishi Shindoh Co. and Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., had falsified specification data on products used in the aerospace, automotive, electric power and defense industries.
Japan's Transport Minister Keiichi Ishii said the latest scandal to rock Japan's manufacturing industry was highly regrettable and after reviewing the report ministry-led probes would be conducted to ensure product safety.
"It is very regrettable that another data tampering case has occurred following the scandal at Kobe Steel," Ishii told a press conference on Friday.
Japan's Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, meanwhile, said Friday that the scandal has "rocked the very foundation of fair trade," and the embattled firm must account for why it took more than half a year for it to disclose the improprieties once they were first discovered.
Seko added that the entire manufacturing sector in Japan must share the problems and institute measures to prevent their recurrence.
