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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata (C), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters on April 20 after his company, along with three others, was ordered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Yamashita, president of Chugoku Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters on April 20 after his company, along with three others, was ordered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (far left) orders officials from four power companies to conduct additional checks, along with regular inspections, on their seven nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (L) hands a letter to Isao Nagahara, president of Hokuriku Electric Power Co., at his ministry on April 20, ordering the company, along with three others, to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plant to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari speaks at a press conference at his ministry on April 20 after ordering four power companies to conduct additional checks, along with regular inspections, on their seven nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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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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Mitsubishi Motors to sue ex-directors for 1.3 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko tells a press conference on March 30 that the company will sue seven former directors, including three former presidents, for 1.3 billion yen in damages for their roles in a string of vehicle defect coverups. The damages claims represent the total net severance payments the seven have received, it said.

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(1)Japan automakers unveil new models at Detroit auto show

DETROIT, United States - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. introduces its Raider pickup at the 2005 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10. The new model will be put on the U.S. market this fall. Struggling to revive its business battered by a series of vehicle defect coverups in Japan, Mitsubishi is pinning high hopes on the brand-new truck as its concept version was praised at the show in 2004.

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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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(1)Japan automakers unveil new models at Detroit auto show

DETROIT, United States - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. introduces its Raider pickup at the 2005 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10. The new model will be put on the U.S. market this fall. Struggling to revive its business battered by a series of vehicle defect coverups in Japan, Mitsubishi is pinning high hopes on the brand-new truck as its concept version was praised at the show in 2004. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Motors to sue ex-directors for 1.3 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko tells a press conference on March 30 that the company will sue seven former directors, including three former presidents, for 1.3 billion yen in damages for their roles in a string of vehicle defect coverups. The damages claims represent the total net severance payments the seven have received, it said. (Kyodo)

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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. (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)