The Japanese government systematically overstated construction orders data for years, and the practice may have inflated the country's GDP figures.
The revelations were made by one of the country's largest daily newspapers on Wednesday and have led to a swift apology in Parliament.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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