Japan transport ministry raids Mitsubishi research centre

Mitsubishi Motors Corp on Thursday said that its research facilities had been raided by Japan's Transport Ministry, which is investigating the automaker after it admitted that it manipulating fuel-economy data.

The automaker confirmed the raid at its research centre in Nagoya, after the ministry on Wednesday said that it was probing the company's facilities.

A Mitsubishi Motors spokeswoman said that the raid would continue on Friday, but declined to give further details.