Mitsubishi Motors restates earnings due to special loss from mileage scandal

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp <7211.T> on Wednesday restated its financial results for the past business year to reflect a special loss of 19.1 billion yen ($173.73 million) related to its manipulation of fuel economy data. Japan's sixth-largest automaker said net profit fell 39 percent to 72.6 billion yen in the year that ended in March. It had previously reported a net profit of 89 billion yen at the end of April. The company did not provide forecasts for the current year. (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Stephen Coates)