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Daimler to sell Mitsubishi Fuso-made hybrid trucks in Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Daimler AG said Nov. 12 it plans to sell the Canter diesel engine-electric motor hybrid truck (photo) made by its Japanese subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. in Europe.

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4 ex-M'bishi Fuso directors return 100 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Wilfried Porth, president of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., speaks to reporters about the successive coverups of vehicle defects at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on June 23.

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M'bishi Fuso to submit recall reports on 33 more defects

TOKYO, Japan - Wilfried Porth (L), president of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on June 14 about 33 more defects in its big vehicles that will require recalls.

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Mitsubishi Fuso appoints Daimler's Boelstler as new president, CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. said May 31 that Harald Boelstler (file photo), currently in charge of its parent company DaimlerChrysler AG's Mercedes-Benz passenger car procurement section, will succeed current President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth. The appointment will take place after being approved at a regular shareholder meeting on June 27.

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(1)Mitsubishi Fuso suspends shipments of some large trucks

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth speaks at a press conference March 29 after he was questioned by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport about the company's delayed reports on the fires caused by defective parts.

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(2)Mitsubishi Fuso suspends shipments of some large trucks

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth (L) bows in a gesture of apology at a press conference March 29 after he was questioned by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport over the company's delayed reports on the fires caused by defective parts. Forth said later the company has suspended shipments of large trucks of the same type as those that caught fire in December and January.

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(2)Mitsubishi firms vow safety on anniversary of fatal accident

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. workers observe a minute of silent prayer on Oct. 19, the second anniversary of a fatal accident in Yamaguchi Prefecture involving a defective Mitsubishi truck. Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., whose defective trucks led to the deaths of two people in Yokohama and Yamaguchi Prefecture, have decided to mark the anniversaries of their deaths by remembering the victims and pledging safety.

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(1)Mitsubishi firms vow safety on anniversary of fatal accident

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. workers observe a minute of silent prayer on Oct. 19, the second anniversary of a fatal accident in Yamaguchi Prefecture involving a defective Mitsubishi truck. Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., whose defective trucks led to the deaths of two people in Yokohama and Yamaguchi Prefecture, have decided to mark the anniversaries of their deaths by remembering the victims and pledging safety.

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

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takashi Usami, former chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., arrives at the Yokohama District Court on Oct. 6 to appear in the first hearing of his trial. Usami pleaded not guilty to allegations of concealing a defective clutch system in a truck and thereby failing to prevent a fatal accident in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2002.

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Mitsubishi Fuso sacks manager for false defect report

TOKYO, Japan - Wilfried Porth, president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., speaks about the company's recent false report on truck defects at a news conference in Tokyo on July 12. He said the company fired a quality-control manager for falsifying information on the defects.

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Mitsubishi Fuso starts free vehicle checkups

TOKYO, Japan - A garage mechanic checks a truck made by Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. in Tokyo on July 1. The company started offering free checkups on all its 1.3 million vehicles sold across the country, as part of efforts to weather a recall scandal. Mitsubishi Fuso, a former truck and bus division of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. spun off in January 2003, will test 40 basic vehicle functions such as running, turning and stopping, company officials said.

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2 Mitsubishi Fuso trucks subject to recall catches fire

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Officials of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. investigate the company's heavy-duty truck in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on June 18 after it caught fire while running on a highway in Iyo in the prefecture. Another Mitsubishi Fuso truck caught fire in a parking area on an expressway in Iida, Nagano Prefecture on June 15.

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Mitsubishi Fuso to fix 450,000 defective vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth answers questions at a press conference in Tokyo on June 14. The company said it will file reports with the government to carry out free repairs of defective auto parts on 450,000 more vehicles it was responsible for between 1992 and March 2003.

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Mitsubishi Fuso files recall for 168,002 trucks

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyuki Shibusawa, executive officer in charge of quality technology at Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., speaks at a press conference on May 26 after telling the transport ministry the company will recall 168,002 large vehicles due to clutch-housing defects.

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M'bishi Fuso apologizes to kin over Yamaguchi accident

KOKUBU, Japan - Three Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. executives including Senior Vice President Tetsuo Fujii bow in apology to relatives of a dead truck driver at their home in Kokubu, Kagoshima Prefecture May 23. The driver was killed in an accident while at the wheel of a defective Mitsubishi truck in October 2002. (Pool photo)

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Mitsubishi Fuso admits accident prompted cover-up

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth (L) admitted May 20 that its ''corporate culture'' of concealing defects grew out of a fatal accident in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2002 as it apologized to the family of a driver killed in the accident, caused by a clutch housing failure.

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(7)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. Chairman Michio Hori (L) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and President Yoichiro Okazaki give a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 6. Seven former senior officials of Mitsubishi Motors were arrested earlier in the day in connection with a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002.

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(6)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and President Yoichiro Okazaki (C) and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. Chairman Michio Hori (R) receive letters of caution from Land, Infrastructure & Transport Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (seated) on May 6. Seven former senior officials of Mitsubishi Motors were arrested earlier in the day in connection with a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002.

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(5)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. Chairman Michio Hori (fore) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and President Yoichiro Okazaki bow by way of apology at a press conference in Tokyo on May 6. Police arrested seven former senior officials of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. earlier in the day in connection with a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002.

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(3)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A police car carrying Takashi Usami, former chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., is about to leave Seya Police Station in Yokohama on May 6. Usami was arrested with six former senior officials of the company and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, and of filing false reports on defective vehicle parts related to a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002.

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(1)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takashi Usami (in file photo), former chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., was arrested May 6 along with six other former senior officials of the company and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, and of filing false reports on defective vehicle parts related to a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002.

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Investigators grill ex-Mitsubishi Fuso Chairman Usami

TOKYO, Japan - Investigative authorities have questioned the former chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., Takashi Usami (in file photo), over alleged false reporting in connection with a 2002 wheel accident that led to the death of a woman, sources close to the matter said April 25.

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Mitsubishi Fuso to form independent body for quality tests

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President Wilfried Porth (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 21 as new Chairman Michio Hori listens. They unveiled a package of measures to ensure the quality of its vehicles, including the establishment of an independent body in charge of quality tests.

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Mitsubishi Fuso chairman resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. Chairman Takashi Usami (in file photo) resigned April 16 to take the His resignation followed the company's recall of some 112,000 large vehicles with defective front-wheel hubs.

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(2)Mitsubishi Fuso chief visits tomb of accident victim

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President Wilfried Porth (C) offers prayer in Yokohama on March 25 at the tomb of Shiho Okamoto, who was killed in 2002 when a wheel came off a Mitsubishi truck.

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(1)Mitsubishi Fuso chief visits tomb of accident victim

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President Wilfried Porth bows in a gesture of apology at the tomb of Shiho Okamoto, who was killed in 2002 when a wheel came off a Mitsubishi truck, in Yokohama on March 25.

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(2)Mitsubishi Fuso to recall 112,000 vehicles over faulty hubs

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President Porth looks exhausted at a press conference in Tokyo on March 24. The company said it will recall about 112,000 large vehicles due to defective wheel hubs that caused a series of accidents, including a fatal one in 2002.

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(1)Mitsubishi Fuso to recall 112,000 vehicles over faulty hubs

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President Porth (R) and his aide bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference in Tokyo on March 24. The company said it will recall about 112,000 large vehicles due to defective wheel hubs that caused a series of accidents, including a fatal one in 2002.