It seems that Kawasaki Heavy Industries has been conducting fictitious transactions for 40 years, but there is a deep darkness... | 川崎重工は、40年前から架空取引をしていたらしいけど闇が深い...

海上自衛隊の潜水艦修理契約に絡み、川崎重工業（神戸市中央区）が架空取引で資金を捻出し海自側に金品を提供していたとされる問題などを受けて同社は２７日夜に、東京都内で橋本康彦社長らが記者会見を開いたそうで会見で、架空取引は遅くとも約４０年前に始まり、裏金は２０２３年度までの６年間だけで計約１７億円に上るそうなのですがこれは闇が深いですね。

https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/economy/202412/0018489894.shtml

In response to an issue in which Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Chuo-ku, Kobe City) is said to have raised funds through fictitious transactions and provided money and goods to the Maritime Self-Defense Force's submarine repair contract, on the night of the 27th, the company announced that it would Yasushi Hashimoto President Hiko and others apparently held a press conference, where they said that the fictitious transactions began at least 40 years ago, and that the slush funds totaled approximately 1.7 billion yen in just the six years up to fiscal 2023. That's deep.