Through the grapevine, MX issues have been going on 2 years now. Apparently they can't hold on to MX staff and don't follow prescribed Boeing MX schedules. Word is, the JCAB has been all over the place for all of the mistakes and the pressure has convinced their inexperienced management to call a time out. They have been giving AC away to other carriers to fly and decreasing their schedules for a while now.
I worked in Japan, and those preconceived notions of efficiency and no mistakes are far from reality. If they are taught the wrong procedures and reasoning to begin with, and not following the manufacture's prescribed MX, then they will drive themselves off a cliff, which appears to be the case. Another problem they have in Japan, is that they tend to rotate people in and out of all the jobs company has to offer about every 3-5 years. This includes MX and flight operations. So as soon as someone is getting good at their job, they are moved to a different department.
Too bad, as one of the best kept secrets in the contract world back in the early to mid 2000s, seems to be deteriorating pretty quickly. Good luck gents!