YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Nissan has been a fixture in the seaside city of Yokosuka since 1961, when the automaker opened Japan's first full-scale integrated vehicle assembly plant in the small Oppama area facing Tokyo bay. The company's July announcement that the factory will stop making vehicles by March 2028 has left residents reeling.
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Nissan's planned Oppama plant closure casts pall over local economy
Residents hope another company will move in to create jobs and revive economy
Nissan Motor will stop producing vehicles at its flagship Oppama production plant in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo, by March 2028, it announced in July. (Photo by Satoko Kawasaki)
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