Japan to teach teenagers to make EV batteries amid labor shortage

Toyota Motor, Panasonic Energy join push for 30,000 more workers in sector by 2030

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Experts say good battery engineers are in short supply worldwide. (Source photos by Reuters and AP)

RYOHTAROH SATOH, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese teenagers will be taught to make batteries for electric vehicles as part of a national effort starting this year to overcome labor shortages in the industry.

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