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| Above, the Tokyo Skytree while under construction in 2010. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The Japanese government today ordered a company who falsified data on earthquake shock absorbers to on buildings in Japan to replace them.
Reuters reported:
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese officials on Thursday ordered a company that falsified data on the quality of its earthquake shock absorbers to replace its products in hundreds of buildings, including a major tourist site and venues for the 2020 Olympics.
KYB Corp, a major producer of the shock absorbers, which reduce shaking of buildings during a quake, said on Tuesday that data related to the quality of its products and those made by a subsidiary, had been falsified since 2003, and possibly even since 2000.
The Tokyo Skytree was one of the buildings fitted with the KYB Corp. shock absorbers.
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