A top Honda Motor executive said on Friday the automaker wanted to maintain current domestic production levels of around 1m cars a year despite the yen’s strength.

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“Even if the dollar fell below 80 yen, we can’t suddenly shift production out of Japan,” executive vice president Koichi Kondo told Reuters.

“We’d like to keep current production levels in Japan, in view of job protection too.”