Daihatsu in Trouble

Wasn't sure if I should put this in the "local news" section, but the Japanese car-maker, Daihatsu (headquartered in Osaka), have become embroiled in a huge scandal that could have a massive impact for the company, its parent company, Toyota, and Japanese car manufacturing in general...

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Daihatsu Motor suspended all domestic production on Tuesday, with the schedule for restarting operations at the plants unclear amid a safety testing scandal that affects most of its models. The automaker halted operations at its factory in Osaka Prefecture, where the Copen minivehicle is assembled, on Tuesday. Of the company's four factories in Japan, it was the last to be halted... Japan’s transport ministry raided Daihatsu’s headquarters in Osaka last week following revelations that the carmaker manipulated the results of safety tests dating as far back as 1989. A third-party investigation requested by Daihatsu in April — when suspected wrongdoing first emerged — found that 174 issues had been identified across 64 models, including in some sold under the Toyota brand.

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