TOKYO — Japan’s truthful commerce watchdog mentioned on Thursday Nissan Motor had violated the subcontractor act by underpaying dozens of suppliers by about 3 billion yen ($20.26 million) in complete.
The Japan Honest Commerce Fee, which native media reported this week was investigating Nissan’s conduct, mentioned the automaker had unlawfully deducted the quantity from 36 suppliers over a roughly two-year interval from January 2021.
It additionally known as on Nissan to arrange a administration system for coping with subcontractor funds, and for the board of administrators to go a decision to recognise the difficulty and forestall it from taking place once more.
Nissan, Japan’s third-largest automaker by quantity, mentioned it had totally refunded suppliers for cash that it had unilaterally deducted, that it took the announcement from the watchdog very significantly and would strengthen its inspection system.
Japan’s Subcontractor Legislation prohibits the ordering get together from unilaterally lowering the fee when the subcontractor isn’t at fault.