Japan sets up government-led task force on vehicle inspections
Tokyo — Japan’s transport ministry has set up a task force to examine the final inspection process for vehicles sold in the domestic market, after the discovery of improper procedures at Nissan and Subaru. Recent revelations that the two car makers had failed to comply with final inspection procedures for decades, with inspectors without proper certification signing off on checks, have resulted in major vehicle recalls in Japan and raised questions about the efficacy of the inspection process. "We want to ensure more traceability and transparency in the final vehicle inspection process," Kenichi Hayashi, deputy director of the ministry’s type approval and recall division, said on Tuesday. The eight-member task force, which will include officials from the ministry and Japan’s vehicle research institute along with university researchers, will look at how inspections are carried out by each car maker and how the ministry audits plants to insure proper procedures are being followed. Las...
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