The ministry said it also plans to revoke certificates allowing the mass production of three of its industrial engines made for forklifts and other equipment, pending the results of a hearing of the company scheduled for Thursday next week.
But the ministry said that at the moment, it has not found any misconduct that warrants revoking approval for its automobile engines.
"We will urge the company to carry out reforms so that similar misconduct never happens again," transport minister
The Toyota affiliate in late January said a third-party panel found that it fabricated data on a wide range of its engines, both for industrial equipment and automobiles.
That included diesel engines it makes for Toyota, leading to a shipment halt of 10 models the automaker sold globally such as the Land Cruiser 300 and the Hilux.
Toyota group has been hit with quality issues in recent years. The automaker's truck subsidiary
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