Nissan Plans 9,000 Job Cuts, Slashes Annual Profit Outlook

Nissan Plans 9,000 Job Cuts, Slashes Annual Profit Outlook
Nissan's Epic Concept electric vehicle is displayed at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, on April 25, 2024. Tingshu Wang/Reuters
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TOKYO—Nissan Motor announced a $2.6 billion cost saving plan on Thursday, including 9,000 job cuts and a 20 percent reduction in global production capacity as it battles falling sales in China and the United States.

Japan’s third-largest automaker also cut its annual operating profit forecast by 70 percent to 150 billion yen ($975 million), its second downward revision this year. It scrapped its net profit forecast due to ongoing restructuring efforts, which Nissan said would cut costs by 400 billion yen ($2.6 billion) this fiscal year.