Kobe Steel says senior executives knew about data tampering

we get a "moshi wake nai" story every day now, bald spot or not

Dodgy dealing in Japanese business, oh no SAY IT AINT SO!

With those materials ending up in critical applications moshi wake nai isn't going to cut it, I hope....

they've only been "reassigned?" how about simply firing them on the spot?

Bow, apologize and then on to the next scandal. What a joke.

Guess they can't fire them as they were following company policy. Giving back a few months of their already large salaries won't be much of a punishment either. They'll just work out their careers at a subsidiary, on the same salary, and maybe a few lesss benefits. J-corp and J-gov looks after their own.

this bowing in apology crap doesn't cut it with me they need prison sentences

Is this a case of honne/tatemae or would uso 800 be a better description?

At the very least this being a global scandal will make it more likely for them to receive proper punishment like what happened with Olympus since the whole world is out for blood. If this was simply a domestic scandal they probably could just be "reassigned", but I think that they'll be paying for this.

Of course the execs knew about it. Without a doubt, they would have fired or silenced anyone below them that spoke out about it. Hence the lowly henchmen carried out their dirty deeds. Just typical corruption and bullying in the workplace. Like most workplaces here...

Another day another scandal!

It's always funny when Japanese execs overseas find out they really can go to prison for white collar crimes and that bowing and saying "moshi wake arimasen" doesn't work.

Send them to jail. Actually send a message to other companies!

admitted for the first time that executives were aware of the cheating, and reassigned three senior officials.

Ah, yes! This is the new version of 'Japanese Bushido' for the new millennium. It's now called, Japanese Bullshido!