TOKYO: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) said it has asked several other companies to temporarily employ idle workers from its factories in central Japan in a bid to cut costs and weather a downturn from the Covid-19 pandemic, sources told Reuters.
MHI has approached firms in Aichi Prefecture including Toyota Motor Corp-affiliated parts maker Toyoda Gosei, about transferring dozens of workers for up to three years from January, the sources said.
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