Mitsubishi Motors To Seek Early Worker Retirement

Mitsubishi Motors to seek early worker retirement

Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors is planning to seek early retirement for about 500 domestic workers as it tries to rebuild its business amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Sources say Mitsubishi plans to call for the workers to voluntarily retire as early as November. The measure will apply to those aged 45 or older, including staff at the head office and factories in Aichi and Okayama prefectures.

Rescuers Search For Worker In Yokohama Tank

Rescuers search for worker in Yokohama tank

A search is underway for a construction worker who is believed to have fallen into a huge disused underground tank in the city of Yokohama, near Tokyo.

The man in his 60s went missing from a construction site in Yokohama's Kanazawa Ward on Tuesday evening. He was engaged in work to turn the site into a park. There is no sign of the earth-moving machinery he was operating at the time that weighs about 20 tons.