Daihatsu Motor Corporation announced on the 13th that it will reform its management structure in response to the issue of fraudulent acquisition of national certification.
Together with parent company Toyota Motor Corporation, the company plans to review the development and production of small cars in its overseas business, and the challenge is to steadily reform the development system and organizational culture that were the background to the fraud.
Daihatsu Motor Corporation announced on the 13th that President Soichiro Okudaira and Chairman Jun Matsubayashi will be retiring from their positions on the 1st of next month, in response to the issue of fraudulent acquisition of national certification.
Masahiro Inoue, Toyota Motor Corporation's Central and South America Division General Manager, will be appointed as his successor, and Toyota President Tsuneharu Sato stated at a press conference on the 13th that ``Daihatsu's business domain will be defined as a company centered on light vehicles.'' Under this system, Daihatsu has announced a policy to review its business with a focus on light vehicles.
We are planning to review the development and production of small cars in our overseas business, and will present a concrete policy in April this year.
The third-party committee that conducted the investigation pointed out that problems with the development system and organizational culture were behind this fraud issue, and the challenge is to steadily advance reforms under the new management structure. It becomes.