MMC Pres. Kawazoe to resign over recalls: sources

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawazoe will step down to take responsibility of the automaker's concealing customer complaints and recalls from government inspectors for several decades, industry sources say in Tokyo on Aug. 28.

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