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The Japanese carmaker admitted it had falsified safety tests for many of its vehicles.

The shutdown as of Tuesday comes a week after Daihatsu Motor Co. announced it was suspending all vehicle shipments in and outside Japan after finding improper testing involving 64 models. That led transport ministry officials to launch a deeper probe into problems that apparently persisted for decades.

Japan's transport ministry raided Daihatsu's headquarters in Osaka last week following revelations that the carmaker manipulated the results of safety tests dating as far back as 1989. A third-party investigation requested by Daihatsu in April when suspected wrongdoings first emerged found that 174 issues have been identified across 64 models, including in some sold under the Toyota brand.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor unit Daihatsu will halt shipments of all vehicles both overseas and in Japan, the Asahi newspaper and other Japanese media said on Wednesday, as it scrambles to respond to a widening scandal over the rigging of safety tests. Daihatsu is expected to report findings by an independent panel that has been investigating the scandal to Japan's transport ministry as early as Wednesday, Asahi said, citing anonymous sources.

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