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xinhua news agency, tokyo, september 28 (reporter qian zheng) after east japan railway company (jr east) was investigated by the ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism of japan on the 24th for tampering with pressure data during the assembly of train axles, a subsidiary of the company he also admitted to the same misconduct on the 27th.

general rolling stock manufacturing co., ltd. is a rolling stock and container manufacturer 100% owned by jr east. comprehensive rolling stock manufacturing co., ltd. issued a statement on the 27th admitting that there was a problem of tampering with pressure data inspection results during the assembly process of train axles.

the statement said that after examining the data from 2013 onwards, the national vehicle manufacturing co., ltd. found that there was a problem of tampering with the axle pressure data to make the values ​​fall within the range specified by the japanese industrial standards (jis). the company has kept records of wheel and axle assembly since 2013. this inspection involved more than 8,100 wheels and axles, of which the pressure on more than 2,100 wheels exceeded or fell below the standard value. the axles with altered data were delivered to 29 railway companies.

the statement did not mention the specific 29 companies. japanese media revealed that the delivery targets of axles involved in data tampering include tokyu electric railway, izukyu company, enoshima electric railway company, etc., among which the volume of goods supplied to tokyu electric railway accounted for more than 70% of the total.

it is reported that the ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism of japan will begin on-site investigations on the general rolling stock manufacturing co., ltd. and tokyu electric railway on the 30th.

east japan railway company admitted on the 20th that it had tampered with pressure data during maintenance operations on regular line trains from 2008 to 2017 to make the values ​​comply with the company's internal regulations. during this period, a total of nearly 4,900 wheel axles were subjected to pressure exceeding the specified range during the installation process, of which nearly 1,200 had their pressure data deliberately tampered with. (over)