Asahi Kasei Kenzai Corporation Data Falsification 266 cases of falsification

Asahi Kasei Kenzai Corp. investigated 266 cases of misappropriation of pile data and 2376 cases involving more than 50 people. Asahi Kasei announced on April 13 that it had completed its investigation of 2,376 of the 3,040 piles constructed by its subsidiary Asahi Kasei Kenzai Corporation (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) over the past 10 years and found that data had been misused in 266 piles in 35 prefectures. It was also revealed that more than 50 of the approximately 180 field supervisors responsible for the construction were involved. The company plans to report the remaining cases to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on March 24. Masahito Hirai, vice president of Asahi Kasei, apologized at the press conference, saying, "We are truly sorry that so many people were involved and that the environment, training, and management system were such that they had no choice but to divert money. Tomihiro Maeda, president of Asahi Kasei Kenzai Corporation, and others bow their heads after the press conference. Photo taken November 13, 2015, in Chuo-ku, Tokyo.