Transport ministry warns manufacturer over faked safety data

Transport ministry warns manufacturer over faked safety data

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Kakegawa (C), president of Koito Industries Ltd., and other company executives bow during a press conference at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010, after being instructed by the ministry to improve the company's business operations. The company has fabricated fire resistance and strength data on 150,000 seats for planes for 32 carriers in 24 countries and territories.

Transport ministry warns manufacturer over faked safety data

Transport ministry warns manufacturer over faked safety data

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Kakegawa (L), president of Koito Industries Ltd., receives instructions to improve the company's business operations from Ryuhei Maeda, director general of the Civil Aviation Bureau at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The company has fabricated fire resistance and strength data on 150,000 seats for planes for 32 carriers in 24 countries and territories.

Shanghai upgrades beds in makeshift hospitals to receive severe COVID-19 patients

STORY: Shanghai upgrades beds in makeshift hospitals to receive severe COVID-19 patients DATELINE: April 23, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:32 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Lingang makeshift hospital in Shanghai STORYLINE: As a slew of COVID-19 mild cases and asymptomatic carriers have been discharged from makeshift hospitals in east China's Shanghai, many vacant beds are converted into standard nursing beds for patients with severe symptoms. The upgrade is in process at Lingang Makeshift Hospital, where 2,000 of the temporary hospital's 13,600 beds will be converted into hospital beds. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG MENGTING, Nurse in Shanghai Lingang makeshift hospital "After regular beds are turned into hospital beds, it's easier to help patients turn over. Both the head and foot of the bed can be raised. The hospital beds are also movable, unlike the regular beds before. Also, the upgraded beds are the ones closest to the nurses' station so that the medical workers can better m

Transport ministry warns manufacturer over faked safety data

Transport ministry warns manufacturer over faked safety data

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Kakegawa (C), president of Koito Industries Ltd., and other company executives bow during a press conference at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010, after being instructed by the ministry to improve the company's business operations. The company has fabricated fire resistance and strength data on 150,000 seats for planes for 32 carriers in 24 countries and territories. (Kyodo)

Transport ministry warns manufacturer over faked safety data

Transport ministry warns manufacturer over faked safety data

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Kakegawa (L), president of Koito Industries Ltd., receives instructions to improve the company's business operations from Ryuhei Maeda, director general of the Civil Aviation Bureau at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The company has fabricated fire resistance and strength data on 150,000 seats for planes for 32 carriers in 24 countries and territories. (Kyodo)