Okazaki Plant Closure
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July 9, 2004. Tokyo. (Kyodo news). MMC seems to have asked its union to approve its plan to speed-up closing of its Okazaki, Aichi plant. It plans to move most of its 1,800 plant workforce to Kurashiki, Okayama plant. A few will be shifted to the Pajero SUV plant in Sakahogi, Gifu, and some to plants either in the town of Kosei, Shiga, or in Kyoto. Union approval should be a formality.
July 9. Toyota announced that it has plans to accept some of skilled assembly workers from the Okazaki plant and has informally started the process.
July 6, 2004. Tokyo. [Bloomberg] Japan's government is looking into ways to help save Mitsubishi Motors Corp from the impact of slumping sales and deteriorating brand name, Shoichi Nakagawa, Japan's Trade Minister, said in Tokyo.
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