Falsified Data Forces Nippon Oil To Shut Refineries
"More than one of our employees was involved in falsifying reports," said Nippon Oil. The inspections that Nippon Oil failed to carry out over the years are related to the use of high-pressure gas at refineries, and are required by Japanese law.
Former Chinese Slave Labor File Lawsuit in Japan Against Mitsubishi ...
19 Chinese plaintiffs, who were forcibly taken to Japan from China to work in a mine in Fukuoka, sue Mitsubishi and others in Japanese court. (February 2003)
Mitsubishi Materials - 2002 ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
A safety provision violation at Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel was reported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. (November 2002)
Mitsubishi Chemical vs Malaysians - A Lesson from Asian Rare Earth Case
Japanese attorney Toshiro Ueyanagi discusses how Asian Rare Earth (ARE), which handled radioactive substances improperly and damaged [local Malaysian] residents' health and properties, closed down even though it prevailed in the Malaysian Supreme Court. Ueyanagi attributes this success to cooperation between Japanese and Malaysian attorneys. (July 2001)
Japanese Government Sues Mitsubishi
During a training exercise a rotor suddenly broke away from a military search and rescue helicopter. An agency investigation concluded that the accident was caused by substandard metal parts. (February 2001)
The bribery scandal involving Osaka Oil dealer Izui Jun'ichi (1997)
He claimed to have received 6 billion yen from Mitsubishi (Nippon) Oil in order to win secure offshore oil rights from Vietnam and help sell imported coal to a public electric power company. (October 2000)
A Cover-Up at Mitsubishi?
Irene M. Kunii (Businessweek) writes as customer complaints rise, police probe the carmaker. (October 2000)
Targeting Japan Inc.
Tim Larimer reports that amid a series of product scandals like the exploding Mitsubishi TV sets, the nation's consumers are using new product-liability laws to fight at last for their rights. (September 2000)
Police raid Mitsubishi headquarters
BBC reports that the cache of alleged 64,000 complaints was found hidden in a company locker room by government inspectors. Car makers in Japan are required to report consumer complaints to the Transport Ministry and must issue recalls if serious defects are found. (August 2000)
Can Japanese Consumers Stand Up and Fight
Irene M. Kunii of Businessweek reports on corporate misconduct in Japan including the Mitsubishi Motors scandal where the company confessed that over the past 30 years, it had failed to pass on to regulators--as required-- thousands of complaints, after getting caught by the authorities. (September 2000)
Mitsubishi Trust & Banking paid Kuze millions
Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) chairman, Kimitaka Kuze, of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), asked to resign for his controversial long-term tie with the Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. because the FRC supervises the nation's banking industry. (July 2000)
Six Koreans sue Mitsubishi of Japan over forced labor during World War II
A "gathering of Mitsubishi draftees suffering from atomic bomb-related illnesses" sues Mitsubishi for exposing them to life-threatening conditions while Japanese workers were provided with shelter and emergency rations after the atomic atoms were dropped. (May 2000)
Lawyers Target Japanese Abuses: WWII Compensation Effort Shifts From Europe to Asia
Michael Dobbs, Washington Post, writes about renewed focus in the US on Japan's wartime record such as forcible recruitment of Korean "comfort women" as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers and gruesome medical experiments on foreign nationals. (March 2000)
Rainbow Trade and Labor Mission To Japan and Indonesia
Rev. Jesse L Jackson of the Rainbow/PUSH Action Network urges Japanese corporations to set goals, target and timetables to integrate their mangement teams and settle sex harassment and racial discrimination suits. (August 1996)
Activist Sued by Mitsubishi Subsidiary
SLAPP lawsuit against John McInnis, a Canadian environmentalist, who questioned forest and pulp activities of Al-Pac. (June 1996)
Defending the Forests: The Mitsubishi Boycott Campaign
Rainforest Action Network elaborates on its claim that Mitsubishi Corporation "has an unparalleled legacy of illegal, unethical, and unsustainable logging" and has guidelines for protecting the world's forests. Kyoto Journal. (1996)
Boycott Campaigns Support Human Rights in Burma
A "haiku attack" was coordinated in Osaka to bring public attention to Mitsubishi's major role in world deforestation, and its dubious business connections with Burma's military dictatorship. Kyoto Journal.(1996)
Mitsubishi Chemical and Kirin Brewery: Rice and Plant Breeding Activities
Active in plant breeding technologies for flower and vegetable seedlings and rice. (March 1995)
Mitsubishi: Forest destruction is a family affair
Rainforest Action Network “Save the Rainforest -- Boycott Mitsubishi” campaign gives examples to back its claim that Mitsubishi may well be the greatest corporate threat to the world's tropical, temperate and boreal forests. (1994)
A Case of Racial Discrimination?
Robert Guest interviews Kamal Sinha and his lawyer Satoshi Murata regarding his discrimination lawsuit against Mitsubishi Electric, Japan. (November 1992)
IBM-Hitachi The Software Cnnection? - Copyright Law
In October 1983 Mitsubishi Electric pleaded no contest to charges of conspiracy to transport stolen material. The company announced "We didn't surrender and are rather feeling we've won." (April 1984)