Kobe Steel made a press conference on President Hiroya Kawasaki on the contents of in-house surveys so far since 3 pm on the 26th.

According to it, it is said that four new frauds have been revealed, such as in machine business and subsidiary companies that create enterprise production facilities, such as not tampering with inspection data or conducting necessary inspections. Apart from this, there is doubt that fraud has been carried out in the overseas business of the steel sector, and it is that we are conducting the investigation.

Kobe Steel has already revealed alteration of inspection data on aluminum and copper products, etc. It was highlighted that the corruption was spreading within the group.

In addition, JIS = Japan Industrial Standard Certification Body announced that the certification was canceled for some products produced at a subsidiary factory in Kanagawa Prefecture. In fact, some of the copper products produced at this factory were actually falsifying the data as if they were at the standard despite being below JIS standards.

President Kawasaki said, "I think that it is not at this stage, but if it is 100% or so, that may be there," it is possible I showed the recognition that gender can not be denied.

Meanwhile, according to the company, among the 525 shipping destinations of products to which the fraud was made, it is still that the safety confirmation work has not been completed at 88 companies including overseas companies.