Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Mitsui & Co., Japan’s second-largest trading company, and its U.S. unit were accused in a former employee’s discrimination lawsuit of denying non-Asian workers equal pay and promotional opportunities.

NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - An executive has sued Mitsui & Co, claiming the Japanese trading house's Mitsui USA unit discriminated against non-Japanese and non-Asian employees and dismissed him because of his age. The lawsuit dated Feb. 5 seeking class action status in U.S. District Court in Manhattan