JAPAN: Some plants resume weekend work
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 3 July 2009
Six of Japan's major automakers will resume plant operations on weekends to manufacture hybrids and other fuel-efficient cars amid signs of an improvement in car demand thanks to recently introduced government tax breaks.
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