日本第三大鋼鐵公司神戶制鋼承認，曾偽造數據使其產品符合客戶規格，曝出了又一樁沖擊日本公司的丑聞，之后，投資者計劃在周二對該公司展開緊急救助。

神戶制鋼在周日表示，2016年9月至2017年8月期間出貨的鋁制品和銅制品，約4%使用了虛假標簽，以達到客戶要求的規格。

公司稱，這種不當行為涉及數十名員工，可能追溯到10年前。

在該鋼材與鋁制品生產商承認造假之前，日產汽車、三菱汽車和高田株式會社等多家日本公司也陷入了類似的丑聞。東芝目前仍深陷虛報利潤丑聞的余波中無法自拔。

杰富瑞集團分析師Thanh Ha Pham在一份報告中表示：“此事對公司財務狀況的影響目前尚不明確，但考慮到更換/召回要求，影響可能非常嚴重。如何恰當解決這種狀況，是避免長期信譽受損的關鍵。”

他表示，日本最大的鋁制品制造商UACJ可能是此次丑聞的受益者。在格林威治時間03:54左右，UACJ的股價上漲了3%。

而神戶制鋼的股價將會暴跌，因為在午盤盤初的交易中，賣盤與買盤的比例達到近20比1。東京證券交易所在周一因國家節日關閉交易。周五，該公司股價上漲了2%，達到1,368日元。

對神戶制鋼客戶的影響尚不明確

神戶制鋼在周末表示，偽造數據的產品被發往了約200家公司。

受影響的產品包括鋁鑄件、鍛件和平軋鋁材等。

據媒體報道和該公司的聲明顯示，使用神戶制鋼承認造假的產品的公司包括豐田汽車公司、中日本鐵路、三菱重工業、馬自達汽車公司和斯巴魯株式會社等。

日本交通部已要求汽車廠商對從神戶制鋼采購的部件進行安全檢查。

一名神戶制鋼的發言人告訴路透社，該公司正在配合客戶檢查潛在問題。他表示：“據我們所知，目前尚未有客戶的產品受到影響。”

豐田汽車稱神戶制鋼此次曝光的情況是一個“嚴重問題”，并且與神戶制鋼的其他多數客戶一樣，豐田汽車也表示正在檢查這些部件被用于哪些地方，以及使用這些部件的產品會受到哪些影響。

三菱重工稱，其三菱支線客機和火箭均使用了神戶制鋼的產品，包括在周二將一枚導航衛星送入軌道的H-2A火箭。三菱重工稱，這些部件不存在技術問題。

神戶制鋼表示，數據造假對營收的影響仍未可知。日本工業部金屬部門的一名官員將在格林威治時間06:30左右召開一次新聞發布會。

在截至2017年3月的財年，神戶制鋼鋁銅部門的銷售額年比下降了6.4%，降至3,233億日元（28.7億美元），經常性利潤下滑20.5%，減至120億日元。

神戶制鋼總部位于日本西部的神戶，隨著鋁被越來越多的汽車廠商采用，該公司一直在擴張其鋁制品業務。鋁的質量比鋼材更輕，符合更嚴格的環境規定。

Myojo資產管理公司（的CEO菊池誠表示，最近日本企業接連曝出的丑聞，將進一步傷害投資者信心。他表示：“過去幾年，外國投資者基于對安倍經濟學的期望買進了日本股票，但這‘三支箭’中的增長策略并沒有發揮作用。雖然他們說正在加強公司治理，但卻在制造方面出現了問題。未來，這將對日本股市造成沉重打擊。”（財富中文網）

譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

Investors looked set to bail out of Kobe Steel Ltd kobe-steel on Tuesday, after Japan‘s third-biggest steelmaker revealed it had fabricated data to show its products met customer specifications in the latest scandal to rock corporate Japan.

Kobe Steel said on Sunday that about 4% of the aluminum and copper products that it shipped from September 2016 to August 2017 were falsely labeled as meeting the specifications requested by customers.

The misconduct involved dozens of staff and possibly stretched back 10 years, the company said.

The admission from the steel and aluminum maker follows similar scandals at Japanese companies including Nissan Motor , Mitsubishi Motors and Takata Corp. Toshiba Corp is still battling the fallout of a scandal involving reporting inflated profits.

“The impact on financials is unclear, but could be substantial depending on request(s) for replacement/recall,” Jefferies analyst Thanh Ha Pham said in a note. “Handling the situation is key to avoid long-term reputation damage.”

UACJ, Japan‘s biggest aluminum maker, may be a beneficiary of the scandal, he said. UACJ shares were up 3% at around 0354 GMT.

Shares of Kobe, on the other hand, looked set to plunge as sell orders outpaced bids by a factor of roughly 20 to one in early afternoon trade. The Tokyo bourse was closed for a national holiday on Monday. On Friday, the shares rose 2% to 1,368 yen.

IMPACT ON KOBE CUSTOMERS UNCLEAR

Products with falsified data were shipped to about 200 companies, the company said at the weekend.

Aluminum castings, forgings and flat-rolled items, along with copper strips and tubes were among the products affected, the company said in a statement.

Companies including Toyota Motor Corp, Central Japan Railway, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mazda Motor Corp and Subaru Corp were among those using products covered by the admission from Kobe Steel, according to media reports and statements.

Japan‘s transport ministry has called for automakers to make safety checks of components from Kobe.

A Kobe spokesman told Reuters the firm is working with customers to check for any issues. “To our knowledge it has not affected any customer’s products at this stage,” he said.

Toyota called the revelations a “grave issue”, and as with most of the other Kobe Steel customers, said it was making checks on where the components were used and what effect they have on products using them.

Mitsubishi Heavy said Kobe Steel products were used on its Mitsubishi Regional Jet and rockets, including a H-2A rocket launched on Tuesday to put a navigation satellite into orbit. There were no technical problems with the components, MHI said.

Kobe Steel has said the impact of the data falsification on its earnings is still unknown. An official from the metals division of Japan‘s industry ministry is holding a press conference at around 0630 GMT.

Sales of Kobe Steel’s aluminum and copper division fell 6.4% year on year to 323.3 billion yen ($2.87 billion) in the financial year ending March 2017, with recurring profit falling 20.5% to 12 billion yen.

The company, based in Kobe in western Japan, has been expanding its aluminum as carmakers increasingly use the material, which is lighter than steel, to meet tighter environmental rules.

Makoto Kikuchi, CEO of Myojo Asset Management, said the raft of recent corporate scandals that has rocked Japan will further damage investor confidence. “Looking back over several years, foreign investors have bought Japanese stocks on expectations for Abenomics, but among the “three arrows,” the growth strategy isn’t functioning,” he said. “While they say they’re strengthening corporate governance, improprieties focused on manufacturing have been popping up. Going forward, this will be a body blow to Japanese shares.”