TOKYO -- Four years ago, the Japanese public was stunned to learn that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. had stashed away thousands of complaints about vehicle defects in a file code-named "H" for the Japanese word for "secret."

...billion infusion from the Mitsubishi group and other investors. A truck unit spun off from the company in 2003 - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. - has also tainted by defect cover-up scandals. Mitsubishi Fuso on Wednesday said it would cut...