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Fujitsu Japan remains tight-lipped on the Post Office scandal

Mariko Oi
BBC News, Tokyo
PA Media Protestors outside the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry at the International Dispute Resolution Centre, London, ahead of the one-day hearing on issues relating to compensation on 8 December2022PA Media
The Horizon scandal led to hundreds of sub-postmasters being wrongfully convicted

Japanese firm Fujitsu is once again in the spotlight as victims of the Post Office scandal question what role it played. More than 900 Post Office branch managers were convicted when faulty ing software made it look as though money had gone missing from their sites. That software, named Horizon, had been developed by Fujitsu.

A senior Fujitsu executive will be questioned by MPs next week. So how did a Japanese company, generally known to Brits as a maker of laptops, become embroiled in one of the most widespread miscarriages of justice in UK legal history?

It may be difficult to believe, but in Fujitsu's home market, hardly anyone has heard of the Horizon scandal. Japan's mainstream media didn't report on it until this week.

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