TOKYO: Japanese officials have opened investigations against Mitsubishi Motors Corp after the company said it had found employees manipulated fuel efficiency data of more than 620,000 light vehicles it manufactured.

Media reports showed investigators from the transport ministry entering offices of the company’s assembly plant in central Japan’s Nagoya on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the company apologised for what it said was intentional falsification of mileage test data that falsely boosted fuel economy by about five per cent to 10 per cent.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2016