Honda puts 10,000 US workers on leave

Coronavirus pandemic begins to slam the auto industry's workforce

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Honda suspended production at its U.S. factories on March 23. © Kyodo

YOSHIHIRO HARA, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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