OSAKA -- Panasonic Holdings will start taking requests in October for early retirements at consumer electronics and air conditioning unit Panasonic Corp. as part of a plan to shrink the group's workforce by 10,000, Nikkei learned Thursday.
Battery and system development units spared from cuts

Panasonic Holdings' restructuring entails shedding 10,000 workers and breaking its consumer electronics unit into three operating companies. (Photo by Hiromasa Matsuura)
OSAKA -- Panasonic Holdings will start taking requests in October for early retirements at consumer electronics and air conditioning unit Panasonic Corp. as part of a plan to shrink the group's workforce by 10,000, Nikkei learned Thursday.