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Wall Street Journal/华尔街日报:
Japan’s manufacturing reputation took another hit as a product-quality scandal spread to Subaru Corp., which said final vehicle checks at two of its domestic factories were performed by uncertified inspectors.
“I feel ashamed that our company is becoming a cause of distrust in Japanese manufacturing quality,” Subaru President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga said at a Friday press conference, after bowing for eight seconds in apology.
A series of product-quality scandals have hit Japan Inc. in the past month, generating government concern about the country’s image as a manufacturer.
网友评论:
Ernest Montague
Once upon a time goods from Japan were junk. That was a twenty-year, post WWII era. Then they got good, and then very very good. And now, it looks like that is changing again.
Chris Marrou
If this problem required an eight-second bow, the CEO of GM should bow for the next month and a half to apologize for the cars they turned out in the 1970s and '80s.
Steven Corcoran
Were any actual defects later discovered? Sounds like a bureaucratic problem rather than a real scandal.
robert patridge
Our 3-year-old Subaru Forester runs perfectly. Zero complaints. It handles well and with excellent economy. Could not be happier regardless of whom might have inspected it from Japan. Sure beats Ford!
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take a hit 遭受打击
scandal 丑闻
uncertified 未认证的
inspector 检测员
distrust 不信任
press conference 新闻发布会
bow 鞠躬
goods 商品
turn out 生产
defect 缺陷
bureaucratic 官僚主义的
fuel economy 燃油经济性
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