Two ex-Mitsubishi members of staff have been found guilty of professional negligence over the death of a woman crushed by a wheel falling off a truck.
The Mitsubishi Fuso truck model was later recalled by the Japanese firm.
Hiroshi Murakawa, 61, and Hirotoshi Miki, 59, had been overseeing quality control at Mitsubishi Motors
The former chief of Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi Motors has denied criminal charges that he conspired to cover up defects which led to a fatal accident.
Former president Katsuhiko Kawasoe and ex-vice president Takashi Usami are on trial in Yokohama, near Tokyo.
Mitsubishi has admitted that it covered up the clutch problem which led to the death of a truck driver in 2002
Japanese police have arrested seven former executives of Mitsubishi Motors on suspicion of falsifying reports into a fault that caused a fatal accident.
The seven all worked for the company in January 2002, when a woman was killed by a wheel that broke off a passing Mitsubishi truck.
Up until March of this year it had blamed improper maintenance