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"Japan" has been synonymous with quality. However, the most recent period, some had to be proud of the large Japanese companies such as Sony and Toyota have announced a recall of substandard products, gradually, "Japan" gold standard of quality is gradually fading, Japanese and even fear This affects the image of the entire country of Japan.
Camera battery recall incident
2006 10 19, Sony announced a global recall of laptop computer batteries will total 9.6 million.
Sony has said that there are problems when the metal particles and the location of the battery part of the contact, the phenomenon may be a rare short circuit, causing some batteries overheating and even fire.
Dell since August 2006 due to the existence of the company's notebook computers have hidden dangers and Sony laptop batteries recalled Sony batteries have been beset by problems, Apple, Lenovo and other major notebook manufacturers have recalled the existence defective Sony batteries.
Moreover, the battery before the incident quickly spread to this statement of continued support for Sony's Japanese companies who ... ... September 19, 2006, Toshiba announced the worldwide recall of 340,000 notebook computers, which are extremely embarrassing for Sony.
Occurred earlier than the battery problem is the quality of digital cameras.
Since the end of 2005 SONY6
digital cameras caught the "quality gate", a Japanese electronics manufacturing industry's "recall case" on one after another.
Canon
escape the same fate were such internationally known brands. September 2006, there are a large number of customer complaints SIIS Canon digital camera has serious quality defects. Not long ago, the Canon Web site published a special issue of some products CCD maintenance policy announcement, involving the use of the 9 CCD digital video cameras, 8 digital cameras can provide free maintenance service. However, dozens of users on the Internet reflect: not in this list, Canon CCD problem SIIS also appeared to open the camera Huaping problems arise, the camera LCD display fuzzy, color was purple, the photograph was making a serious jagged fuzzy state, but the camera in the past, the film has been stored photos can be clear here. According to reports, these problems are many cameras, the listing price as high as 4,000 yuan, basically are using more than a year, just after the warranty period soon after, CCD problem. The price of this camera repair 1500 ~ 1800 yuan, enough to re-purchase a new digital camera.
In the Japanese public, the issue of quality concerns have been everywhere. Japanese media said: "The quality used to be Japan's best showing to the world faces. Now, even the Koreans are making fun of us!" Also laments: "We spent a lot of years to play reputation, lost it so fast. "More Japanese are worried that South Korea and China's products will catch up, so that Japanese manufacturers lose out.
Why lose the quality of self-esteem
The face of endless quality event, Japan's trade minister Toshihiro Nikai met the business manager, ordered them to report on quality control.
Addition to "Made in Japan" worry about the decline in the quality, the Japanese were more up and down the discussion is who should be the responsibility of today's product quality.
Some people say this is because the quality of talent in Japan in the fall.
