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Ex-Mitsubishi Motors head pleads not guilty in fatal case

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Chairman Yoichiro Okazaki speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Oct. 6 after former Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawasoe pleaded not guilty to charges of concealing a defective clutch system in a truck built by the automaker in the first hearing of his trial.

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(1)Ex-Mitsubishi Motors head denies role in fatal accident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawasoe arrives at the Yokohama District Court on Oct. 6 to appear in the first hearing of his trial. Kawasoe pleaded not guilty to allegations of concealing a defective clutch system in a truck built by the automaker and thereby failing to prevent a fatal accident in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2002.

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Ex-president of scandal-tainted Mitsubishi Motors arrested

TOKYO, Japan - An official of the public relations department of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. reads a statement in front of the company's head office in Tokyo on June 10 after former President Katsuhiko Kawasoe and five other former executives were arrested on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in a fatal accident related to defective truck parts in 2002.

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MMC head to quit after DaimlerChrysler equity purchase

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) announces Sept. 8 the resignation of its president over a cover-up scandal and a revision to its alliance pact with DaimlerChrysler AG. The fourth-largest Japanese automaker said Vice President Takashi Sonobe (L) will replace Katsuhiko Kawasoe as president Nov. 1, after DaimlerChrysler buys a 34% stake in MMC in October in a deal that newly allows the German-U.S. firm to raise its stake three years later without approval from the MMC board. Photo was taken at a news conference held at MMC's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on the afetrnoon of Sept. 8.

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Mitsubishi's Kawasoe announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Katsuhiko Kawasoe officially announces his resignation Sept. 8 at the Ministry of Transport in Tokyo amid a scandal centering on revelations the automaker hid customer complaints and recalls of defective vehicles from the government for decades. He is expected to be replaced by MMC Vice President Takashi Sonobe.

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MMC Pres. Kawasoe to resign over recalls: so

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawasoe 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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Mitsubishi Motors admits it hid recalls for 30 years

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuhiko Kawasoe (R), president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., apologizes to Transport Minister Hajime Morita at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 22 for making recalls without reporting them to the ministry for more than 30 years. In a report submitted to the ministry, the company said it systematically covered up recalls and continued to repair defective vehicles without reporting the cases to the ministry.

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Mitsubishi Motors recalls 532,000 vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawasoe bows at a news conference July 26 in apology for concealing complaints over defective vehicles manufactured and sold by the company. The automaker announced it is recalling 532,000 vehicles of 17 models.

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Mitsubishi Motors inks capital tie-up accord with Volvo

TOKYO, Japan - Leif Johansson, CEO and president of Swedish truck maker AB Volvo (L), and Katsuhiko Kawasoe (R), president of Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 8 after announcing an agreement to form the world's biggest truck and bus group.

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(1)Ex-Mitsubishi Motors head denies role in fatal accident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawasoe arrives at the Yokohama District Court on Oct. 6 to appear in the first hearing of his trial. Kawasoe pleaded not guilty to allegations of concealing a defective clutch system in a truck built by the automaker and thereby failing to prevent a fatal accident in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2002. (Kyodo)

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(3)Ex-Mitsubishi Motors head denies role in fatal accident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawasoe (R) arrives at the Yokohama District Court on Oct. 6, followed by former Executive Director Yuzo Murata and former Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. Chairman Takashi Usami, to appear in the first hearing of their trial. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Mitsubishi Motors head pleads not guilty in fatal case

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Chairman Yoichiro Okazaki speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Oct. 6 after former Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawasoe pleaded not guilty to charges of concealing a defective clutch system in a truck built by the automaker in the first hearing of his trial. (Kyodo)

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Ex-president of scandal-tainted Mitsubishi Motors arrested

TOKYO, Japan - An official of the public relations department of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. reads a statement in front of the company's head office in Tokyo on June 10 after former President Katsuhiko Kawasoe and five other former executives were arrested on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in a fatal accident related to defective truck parts in 2002. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Mitsubishi president convicted over vehicle defect causing de

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Yokohama District Court on Jan. 16 gave suspended sentences to former Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawasoe and three other former executives convicted of negligence causing the death of a driver of a defective Mitsubishi truck in 2002. The photo shows Kawasoe (front row, L) and other former Mitsubishi Motors defendants arriving at the court in the morning on Jan. 16. (Kyodo)

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MMC head to quit after DaimlerChrysler equity purchase

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) announces Sept. 8 the resignation of its president over a cover-up scandal and a revision to its alliance pact with DaimlerChrysler AG. The fourth-largest Japanese automaker said Vice President Takashi Sonobe (L) will replace Katsuhiko Kawasoe as president Nov. 1, after DaimlerChrysler buys a 34% stake in MMC in October in a deal that newly allows the German-U.S. firm to raise its stake three years later without approval from the MMC board. Photo was taken at a news conference held at MMC's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on the afetrnoon of Sept. 8.

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Mitsubishi's Kawasoe announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Katsuhiko Kawasoe officially announces his resignation Sept. 8 at the Ministry of Transport in Tokyo amid a scandal centering on revelations the automaker hid customer complaints and recalls of defective vehicles from the government for decades. He is expected to be replaced by MMC Vice President Takashi Sonobe.

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Vice President Sonobe to replace Kawasoe as MMC president

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) plans to name Vice President Takashi Sonobe (file photo), 59, to succeed President Katsuhiko Kawasoe as DaimlerChrysler AG has refused to send a top manager to replace Kawasoe, an MMC source says in Tokyo on Sept. 2. MMC, shaken by a scandal involving cover-ups of customer complaints, will formally disclose the management reshuffle by the end of this month after the Transport Ministry announces punishment over the scandal, according to the source.

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Leaders of DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi Motors meet press

TOKYO, Japan - Jurgen Schrempp (L), chairman of DaimlerChrysler AG, and Katsuhiko Kawasoe, president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on March 28, a day after the two automakers announced that DaimlerChrysler will acquire a 34% minority controlling stake in MMC. Schrempp said the two companies are now in a ''win-win situation.''