6 Examplese of Falsification Trend In Japan

Recent news stories show a trend of falsification of data and documents by public officials and companies.
There is a falsification trend going on in Japan.

Jan 2008
Oji Paper Co., falsified the percentage of recycled paper used in many of its paper products. Oji is Japan's largest papermaker. At least four other paper companies in Japan have now admitted to lying about the percentage of used paper in products labelled as made from recycled paper.

In early 2007,  Takafumi Horie, the head of leading internet company, Livedoor, was  indicted on charges of falsifying profits and an additional charge of creating a non-existent market in Livedoor's shares.

In January, 2007: Japan Tokyo Electric Power company TEPCO finds more past nuclear data cheating.

In Nov 2007, four Mcdonald's restaurants in Tokyo falsified  use-by dates on salads and used out-of-date ingredients in milkshakes.

Amid revelations in late 2007 of inaccurate government pension payment records going back many years, it's been learned that during the ongoing effort to straighten it out, some Social Insurance Agency offices have asked employers to provide false documents, in order to make past-due payments appear lower.
 
In 2005, an architect admitted to falsifying earthquake resistance data of the buildings he designed. And the architect said he wasn't the only one. The admissions resulted in the removal of brand new apartments and office buildings.

Who you going to believe?