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A ship moored at a Kobe Steel plant in Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan; Kobe Steel's fake data scandal throws up the harsh reality that Japanese steel companies are facing - the need to provide higher and higher quality metals to compete.
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Tokyo
BEHIND the scandal engulfing Kobe Steel Ltd over the falsification of data for some of the materials that it supplied is a harsh reality for Japanese steel companies: the need to provide higher and higher quality metals to compete.
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