Kawasaki Heavy Industries, which was found to have falsified data on marine engines, today submitted an interim report of an internal investigation to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The cause is an organizational culture in which compliance violations are recognized but cannot be reported.

In August of this year, it was discovered that Kawasaki Heavy Industries had been falsifying fuel efficiency data for marine engines, and the fraud had been carried out on 673 engines manufactured for domestic and overseas customers since 2000. has become clear.

Under these circumstances, Kawasaki Heavy Industries today submitted an interim report of its internal investigation to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

According to the interim report, the causes of the fraud were: ▼An organizational culture that prevented compliance violations even if they were recognized as such, and ▼A sense of prioritizing delivery dates and profits over quality.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries President Yasuhiko Hashimoto
“We sincerely apologize for the concern and inconvenience caused to everyone regarding the repeated compliance violations.”

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has established a Compliance Special Promotion Committee, chaired by the company president, to analyze the causes of each incident and thoroughly identify cases of misconduct, and is working to prevent recurrence.