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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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Mitsubishi Motors holds shareholders' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - New Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Hideyasu Tagaya (L) and Chairman Yoichiro Okazaki (R) answer questions from reporters at the company's head office in Tokyo on June 29. In a shareholders' meeting earlier in the day, Okazaki apologized for scandals related to its massive vehicle defect coverups.

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1,720 companies hold shareholders meetings across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Yoichiro Okazaki addresses a shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 29. He apologized for the company's massive vehicle defect coverups. The image was taken from a television monitor at the meeting.

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M'bishi Motors eyes extra 72.6 bil. yen cuts for survival

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and President Yoichiro Okazaki speaks about the struggling automaker's new restructuring plan in Tokyo on June 16 that features additional cost cuts of 72.6 billion yen in the two years through March 2006, in a bid to help it better cope with anticipated falls in sales over a series of cover-up scandals.

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Mitsubishi Motors in more cover-ups of defective auto parts

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichiro Okazaki, president and chairman of scandal-ridden Mitsubishi Motors Corp., bows in a gesture of apology at a press conference in Tokyo on June 2. Transport ministry officials said the automaker has been involved in additional cover-ups of defective auto parts.

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(1)Mitsubishi Motors to shut down plant, relocate head office

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Yoichiro Okazaki announces the struggling automaker's revival plan in Tokyo on May 21. He said the company will shut down its Okazaki assembly plant in Aichi Prefecture by fiscal 2006 and relocate its head office from Tokyo to Kyoto.

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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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MMC head hints at possible capital tie-up with other businesses

TOKYO, Japan - The new head of troubled Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Yoichiro Okazaki, tells reporters at its headquarters in Tokyo on April 30 it is possible the automaker may seek a capital tie-up with companies other than its current parent DaimlerChrysler AG.

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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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(1)Mitsubishi Motors to shut down plant, relocate head office

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Yoichiro Okazaki announces the struggling automaker's revival plan in Tokyo on May 21. He said the company will shut down its Okazaki assembly plant in Aichi Prefecture by fiscal 2006 and relocate its head office from Tokyo to Kyoto. (Kyodo)

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Yoichiro Okazaki

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichiro Okazaki becomes Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s chairman and chief executive officer. The photo was taken April 30, 2004. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Motors may sell U.S. financial unit

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman Yoichiro Okazaki speaks in an interview with Kyodo News. He said MMC is considering selling Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America Inc., its U.S. auto loan subsidiary, calling it a source of its financial difficulties. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Motors holds shareholders' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - New Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Hideyasu Tagaya (L) and Chairman Yoichiro Okazaki (R) answer questions from reporters at the company's head office in Tokyo on June 29. In a shareholders' meeting earlier in the day, Okazaki apologized for scandals related to its massive vehicle defect coverups. (Kyodo)

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M'bishi Motors eyes extra 72.6 bil. yen cuts for survival

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and President Yoichiro Okazaki speaks about the struggling automaker's new restructuring plan in Tokyo on June 16 that features additional cost cuts of 72.6 billion yen in the two years through March 2006, in a bid to help it better cope with anticipated falls in sales over a series of cover-up scandals. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Motors in more cover-ups of defective auto parts

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichiro Okazaki, president and chairman of scandal-ridden Mitsubishi Motors Corp., bows in a gesture of apology at a press conference in Tokyo on June 2. Transport ministry officials said the automaker has been involved in additional cover-ups of defective auto parts. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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MMC head hints at possible capital tie-up with other businesses

TOKYO, Japan - The new head of troubled Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Yoichiro Okazaki, tells reporters at its headquarters in Tokyo on April 30 it is possible the automaker may seek a capital tie-up with companies other than its current parent DaimlerChrysler AG. (Kyodo)