Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday it will lay off around 6,500 workers at three domestic factories that have been or will be temporarily suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Subject to the cuts are employees and temporary workers at the Mizushima plant in Okayama Prefecture, the Okazaki plant in Aichi Prefecture, which is set to close from Thursday, and Mitsubishi Motor's subsidiary Pajero Manufacturing Co. located in Gifu Prefecture, which will suspend operations from Monday, it said.

Those laid off will be partially compensated while the factories will be suspended until April 23 at the latest, the automaker said.

Mitsubishi Motors said last week it will halt all three of its domestic plants to adjust output as global auto demand is plummeting amid the coronavirus pandemic.

==Kyodo

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