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MURORAN, Hokkaido—Visitors from around Japan and overseas continue to flow into the municipal Muroran Aquarium here for a look at Satsuki, a seal that bangs on a plastic pail to beg for food.

The report followed relevations that the company’s Muroran factory in Muroran, Hokkaido., faked inspection data on components shipped to electric power plants for nearly a quarter of a century.