TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Electric used a computer program to generate the falsified data for rail equipment going as far back as the 1980s, highlighting a long record of malfeasance at a company where quality control scandals have brought few consequences.
"This series of instances of misconduct -- some regarding products involved in safety -- is a problem," Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters Thursday. His comment followed two days of news about faked inspection data revealed by Mitsubishi Electric, first for air-conditioning equipment and then air compressors used in train brakes.
