Revelations that Mitsubishi and its unlisted truck affiliate had been hiding defects to prevent official product recalls sank Mitsubishi's car sales in Japan by 64% in June, while sales in the United States slid 48%, the news agency said, adding that the scandal prompted the government to reject Mitsubishi's application two days ago to use a corporate revitalisation law that would allow it to pay lower taxes on the issuance of new shares – the application was accepted on Wednesday.