In a case involving Kawasaki Heavy Industries (headquartered in Kobe) providing goods to the crew of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarines, interviews with people involved have revealed that Kawasaki had been repeatedly engaging in fictitious transactions with business partners for at least 40 years in order to raise illegal funds. Initially, the company purchased items necessary for work, but it was also discovered that about 20 years ago it began providing personal belongings to MSDF personnel. It appears that the MSDF’s demands gradually escalated, strengthening the collusion. Kawasaki Heavy Industries established a special investigative committee of external experts in June. The investigative committee is looking into the exact nature of the fraud and is expected to release the results of its investigation within the week. The problem came to light during a tax investigation by the Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau. According to the Ministry of Defense and other sources, Kawasaki Heavy Industries has engaged in a series of fictitious transactions through multiple business partners, posing as genuine orders for materials in connection with submarine inspection and repair work. It is said that these transactions generated illicit funds and pooled them with business partners. According to sources, the investigation committee interviewed Kawasaki Heavy Industries current and former employees and found that the fictitious transactions appear to have begun nearly 40 years ago. The illegal funds were used to purchase safety boots, ropes, raincoats, and other items for the Maritime Self-Defense Force members to use in their work. The reason was that the MSDF’s equipment was insufficient and of poor quality. As the exchange of goods became a routine practice for both Kawasaki Heavy Industries and the MSDF, the MSDF’s demands gradually escalated. About 20 years ago, Kawasaki Heavy Industries began purchasing items unrelated to its business, such as home appliances, home game consoles, and fishing equipment. Dining and entertainment were also confirmed. Some of the illegal funds were allegedly manipulated by the business partner through a subcontractor to prevent them from being recorded in the company’s books. It is not clear when the records stopped being kept, but it is believed to have been after the personal purchases began. The Ministry of Defense has previously said the amount of illegal funds was around 200 million yen per year. (Sources below) Mainichi Shimbun 2024/12/23 05:00.
>>1 It’s because the Ministry of Finance is cutting the defense budget and replacing the Self-Defense Forces with the People’s Liberation Army. It’s probably because of budget cuts that murders by the Kanagawa Prefectural Police are being treated as suicides. If they’re going to spend 11 trillion yen on the coronavirus vaccine, they should at least spend about 200 million yen. If you’re going to increase taxes, strengthen the yen and cause deflation because you don’t have the financial resources, then you should issue currency.
It seems like Japanese companies are good at just passing on fakery and fabrication. Companies that abandoned us, the Ice Age generation, are no good after all.
I thought, “Oh, another Jap?” but it turned out to be a really good story lol. It’s embarrassing that we have to denounce such injustice. Rich people should donate their tax cuts.
Companies that commit fraud like this need to be shut down or have their corporate taxes increased to impose penalties. No one will take responsibility, so whoever does it first wins.
People who were managers 40 years ago are now around 80. The baby boomers must have been the problem after the war. It’s just as Mishima said. I don’t think Ishiba can fix this. Abe would have been better.
>>42 Abe has promoted corruption in the world. During the first Abe administration, a sitting minister committed suicide amid allegations of corruption.
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