Production nerve centers retake stage in Japan

Reshoring prompts push to reinforce 'mother' factories

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Honda Motor will strengthen its Yorii plant in Japan as the mother factory for electrified vehicles.

TASUKU IKEDA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese manufacturers are strengthening so-called mother factories here and refocusing on the benefits of domestic production, making a U-turn from the offshoring of recent years.

"We will strengthen Japanese manufacturing once again," Honda Motor President Takahiro Hachigo said.

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