Japan to study whether to revise law to force investigative car recalls

Japan’s transport ministry will see whether it should change the law to be able to force an “investigative” recall of cars after gauging the series of recalls being filed for airbag inflators made by Takata Corp, the minister said on Tuesday.

The fact that the government does NOT already have the ability to force an “investigative” recall of cars, and probably every other item that consumers can legally purchase should pretty much confirm as to whose side the government's loyalties are on when it comes to consumer safety and it surely AIN'T OURS. After years of committee hearings and endless feed back, cautions and protests from every industry in Japan it's just soooo difficult to imagine what action will be recommended but how about a big fat nothing!

They are so scared to make any decisions for fear of making the wrong one.

avigator Dec. 10, 2014 - 10:44AM JST

They are so scared to make any decisions for fear of making the wrong one.

The wrong decision for who? The ministry itself, the Japanese corporations that would be subject to any legislation or guidelines that would be introduced or to the consumers who would obviously benefit from the government being able to force recalls?

Ah, they will "study" and "discuss" the problem.

For how many decades is that going to go on before they make a decision, or everyone forgets why they're meeting anyway?

Japan’s transport ministry will see whether it should change the law to be able to force an “investigative” recall of cars after gauging the series of recalls

Read: legions of slippered civil servants milk aeons of inconclusive inefficiency from a straightforward issue.

These companies do not pay tax? Why should they be subject to law. Welcome to a nepotism system that provides nothing but takes all.

"Unlike its U.S. counterpart, Japan’s auto industry regulator currently has no authority to order a recall unless the cause of the problem is known."

F'ing hilarious and obvious that this group of Japanese are not cut from the same cloth as the police and prosecutors in Japan whereby you're guilty and have to prove your innocence. Seriously, it almost seems that Japanese regulators, police, prosecutors, government officials, etc. all have the ability to select which side of the fence they will be on based on the phase of the moon or direction of the wind. So much for the old days of Japan where honour actually meant something. What a sad state of affairs Japanese law makers have reduced Japan to. Soon Japan will be just like every other country where its people no longer trust anyone in control. Good luck with that.

They want to be able to make decision without politicially elected officials stop their decision. You never know who bribe the politicians. Safety of people come first.