TOKYO -- Japan's transportation ministry is planning to cancel the certifications required for Daihatsu Motor to make three car models, following the revelation of widespread misconduct in product testing by the automaker in December. Daihatsu will not be able to make the vehicles until it reacquires the certification.
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Japan to cancel certification for three Daihatsu models after scandal
Automaker to be banned from mass-producing the vehicles until it regains permission
Transportation ministry officials conduct a crash test at Daihatsu Motor's plant in Shiga prefecture on Jan. 15. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
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