By Editor in Chief
on Tue Jan 07 2025
Flooding hidden” was discovered on the Queen Beetle, an international route between Japan and South Korea. JR Kyushu announced the termination and withdrawal of the high-speed passenger ship Queen Beetle, which was operated by its subsidiary JR Kyushu High Speed Boat Co. The service between Hakata, Fukuoka, and Pusan, South Korea, was suspended on August 12 after irregularities were uncovered in the ship inspection committee. The cause of the Queen Beetle’s suspension was not only “flooding due to cracks in the hull,” but also “irregularities in the inspection process,” for which the company had been under repeated administrative guidance for some time. This report examines “what kind of fraud was involved” and “why did the situation go so far” by reading and interpreting documents that summarize the entire process.
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