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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Yuri Kageyama

Nissan to close flagship factory with 3,900 workers to cut costs

Nissan is closing its flagship factory in Oppama, Japan, to cut costs and moving all its production there to another plant in southwestern Japan.

Vehicle production at the Oppama plant in Kanagawa Prefecture south of Tokyo, will end at the end of the 2027 fiscal year, in March 2028, the Japanese automaker said Tuesday in a statement.

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