Japan’s transport ministry raided the headquarters of motor giant Toyota on Tuesday, as a scandal over faulty safety data escalated.
The world’s largest carmaker has apologised for providing incorrect or manipulated data for safety certification tests.
The scandal has shaken the Japanese car industry, with rivals Honda, Mazda and Suzuki also admitting to submitting faulty data.
My face when it turns out every multinational corporation is run by criminals.
That’s what happens when you reward criminal behaviour with wealth.
and worst case scenario everyone involved in this (except some low ranking flunky) gets a golden parachute
Well the Chairman’s last name is “Toyoda”… I think he’ll be aight
Related: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/japanese-adoption-rates-majority-adult-men-a7524301.html
98% of all Japanese adoptions are employers adopting the adult men on their staff, not children
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Some of Japan’s most famous companies have remained a “family-run” businesses because of “mukoyoshi,” such as carmaker Toyota, which was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937.
Suzuki is also famously run by adopted sons — in fact, the current chairman and CEO Osamu Suzuki is the fourth consecutively adopted son to run the group.
This is FASCINATING! Thanks for sharing!
Wow. That’s wild.
Huh! TIL!
Man, it’s always felt like that to me as well. Even the little guys make no sense sometimes.
The world’s largest carmaker has apologised for providing incorrect or manipulated data for safety certification tests. The scandal has shaken the Japanese car industry, with rivals Honda, Mazda and Suzuki also admitting to submitting faulty data. Toyota sold more than 11 million passenger vehicles in 2023. It has said the findings do not affect the safety of vehicles already on the road.
Yea let’s just take them at their word for the safety of current vehicles. What a fucking joke.
Disappointing.
Damn this is depressing.
Fuxk. Honda too??
Meanwhile, Subaru…
…is 20% owned by Toyota and they share some vehicles.
The GT86 and BR-Z, and the bZ4x and Solterra, The GT86 / BR-Z is mainly a Toyota design with a Subaru/Toyota codeveloped engine - Subaru had to be dragged into that one with a stage hook. The other one’s an EV mainly Toyota/Yamaha designed.
