TOKYO -- Honda Motor started putting more than 10,000 employees in the U.S. on temporary leave as the novel coronavirus pandemic grinds U.S. manufacturing to a halt.
Coronavirus pandemic begins to slam the auto industry's workforce

Honda suspended production at its U.S. factories on March 23. © Kyodo
TOKYO -- Honda Motor started putting more than 10,000 employees in the U.S. on temporary leave as the novel coronavirus pandemic grinds U.S. manufacturing to a halt.