Environmentalists Scrap Long Boycott

Environmentalists are dropping a long-running U.S. boycott against Mitsubishi cars and electronics products after failing to pressure an affiliated Mitsubishi company back in Japan to stop tree-cutting practices deemed harmful to rainforests.

Instead, the two U.S. Mitsubishi subsidiaries agreed to become more environmentally friendly by using wood and paper products produced under ecologically sound conditions.

The agreement, which was announced Wednesday, involves only Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America and Mitsubishi Electric America and not their Japanese parent companies.