"Horizon? What's Horizon?" was the reaction of a former company president in Tokyo when the BBC asked him about it in 2022...The perfect answer from somebody who pockets bonus for good governance...
Fujitsu is an extremely large company, and their subsidiary ( ICL ) was making the software. You asked the question to the head of the parent company in HQ. I would not be surprised that was his answer.
That sounds like Boeing saying its not their responsibility but Spirit AeroSystems instead...ICL was part and branded Fujitsu since 2002. Also if you read the article you will notice this was a president of the company for 20 years. The current president refused two BBC interviews so far.
On a corporate Japanese culture that primes on going to the finest details, you can't have it both ways. UK Fujitsu Services Ltd posted in 2002 revenues of £1.3bn. That is almost 8 to 10% of Fujitsu global revenue.
The though of a company president for 20 years, knowing zero about a major scandal that puts its subsidiary in the news for more than 10 years is well...
A case of Global Amnesia. Fascinating in itself.