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MITSUBISHI MOTORS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2016
Mitsubishi skips forecast, says domestic orders have halved
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Wednesday abstained from releasing a forecast for fiscal 2016 as a scandal involving falsified fuel efficiency figures threatened to be a road wreck for the automaker.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2016
Deepening tests scandal could throttle Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi Motors opts not to release a projection of its fiscal 2016 earnings amid a scandal involving falsified fuel efficiency figures.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2016
Mitsubishi Motors admits using unapproved efficiency tests for 25 years
The embattled automaker admits that its method of testing fuel efficiency much longer than it had previously stated.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2016
Mitsubishi Motors executives skip Beijing car show
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s senior executives skipped the Beijing car show as the automaker grapples with the fallout from its mileage fraud admission.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2016
Carmakers must boost transparency on emissions, fuel economy, fix flaws: Daimler chief
Carmakers have to be more transparent about the way they certify their fuel economy and emission ratings as regulators step up scrutiny into the gap between laboratory results and real-world driving conditions, according to Daimler AG Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche.
EDITORIALS
Apr 22, 2016
Mitsubishi Motors' cheating scandal
Mitsubishi Motors' claims that it has rectified the crooked corporate culture that led to its previous scandals is now in doubt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Apr 21, 2016
Mitsubishi scandal could push firm to brink again, requiring rescue by group
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s disclosure that it manipulated fuel economy tests risks putting it in the position of needing help from group companies to stay in business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2016
Mitsubishi Motors admits employees falsified fuel-efficiency data
The automaker says its workers faked test results for four minicars for which manufacturing and sales have now been suspended.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2015
Philippines to probe 'sudden acceleration' in Mitsubishi vehicles
Philippine regulators will investigate accidents involving Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Montero Sport vehicles after complaints that they can speed out of control.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2015
Mitsubishi Motors to shutter U.S. plant if no buyers found
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will stop making vehicles in the United States this year and will close down its plant in Illinois if no buyers are found.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2013
Toyota sales top GM's during third quarter
Toyota Motor Corp. outsold General Motors Co. and all other carmakers for the second time in three quarters, in the latest example of how Japan's largest manufacturers are benefiting from "Abenomics."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2013
MMC on verge of ¥200 billion public share offering
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is nearing a decision to raise as much as ¥200 billion via a public offering of new shares as it seeks to reduce preferred stock held by other group companies, two sources with direct knowledge of the plan said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2013
Carmakers join push to spread charging stations
Domestic automakers led by Nissan Motor Co., producer of the zero-emission Leaf car, said they'll team up to build up the number of the charging stations across the country to speed up adoption of electric cars.

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