Tagged With "Kanto"

Canon extends lockdown in Japan - Has extended lockdown at its head office, manufacturing plants in Kanto region, and other locations in Japan - Now closed until 5/10/2020

The Yomiuri Shimbun Major copy machine maker Ricoh Co. plans to close or relocate at least four offices in the Kanto region that are under its group umbrella — including its Saitama plant in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture — by spring next year, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Under the plan, about 3,000 workers, or nearly 10 percent of the firm’s employees in Japan, will be transferred. The measures are intended to cut expenses — mainly office rent and maintenance costs — by ¥2 billion to ¥3...