Asahi Kasei Kenzai Corporation Data Falsification 266 cases of falsification

(From right) Tomihiro Maeda, president of Asahi Kasei Kenzai Corporation, Masahito Hirai, vice president of Asahi Kasei, and Nobuyuki Kakizawa, executive officer, apologize at the beginning of the press conference. In Chuo-ku, Tokyo; photo taken Nov. 13, 2015. Asahi Kasei announced on November 13 that it had completed its investigation of 2,376 of the 3,040 piles installed by its subsidiary Asahi Kasei Kenzai Corporation (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) over the past 10 years and found data diversion in 266 piles in 35 prefectures. The company announced that it had found misappropriation of data in 266 cases in 35 prefectures. It was also revealed that more than 50 of the approximately 180 field supervisors in charge of construction were involved. The company plans to report the remaining properties to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on March 24.