Tokyo Disney Resort operator Oriental Land Co. said Monday it will cut its semiannual bonus payments for about 4,000 of its employees by 70 percent this winter due to a sharp decline in revenue in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

It will be the first time the company has cut bonus payments, which company employees in Japan typically see as part of their salaries.

As for people working at its theme park attractions such as dancers who have had their work hours sharply cut due to reduced operating capacity and live show suspensions, the company will offer them options such as transfers within the company and early retirement, Oriental Land said.

Oriental Land closed the Disneyland and DisneySea parks in late February and resumed their operations from July 1 with shortened hours and at less than 50 percent of their capacity.

==Kyodo

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