Mitsubishi COO denies he and CEO plan to step down

(Reuters)

NT

By:

Naomi Tajitsu

April 27, 2016 05:00 AM

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Motors COO Tetsuro Aikawa today denied Japanese media reports that he and CEO Osamu Masuko plan to resign over the Japanese automaker's manipulation of fuel economy data. Aikawa added that he had "absolutely no plans" to pull out of the automotive market.

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