Japan News (it seems to be an embargo on news from Japan)

Toyota Motor Corp. will suspend vehicle production in North America for five days this month because of continuing shortages of components from Japanese suppliers damaged in last month's massive earthquake. Japan's largest automaker had warned that its North American operations would be affected by the quake and tsunami that disrupted its Japanese supply lines. Toyota assembly operations in Japan have been largely halted since March 14, but it announced Friday that it would resume domestic vehicle production on April 18. A number of foreign companies have evacuated employees from Japan, citing concern over radioactivity from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

Tata Consultancy Services Japan Ltd., an IT service and outsourcing company based in Nishi Ward, Yokohama, sent most of its Indian employees back to India after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that precipitated the nuclear crisis. According to the company, dozens of them are still in India. Experts have urged the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. to do more to encourage evacuated foreign nationals to return to Japan

Japan Airlines on Wednesday said it is seeking 200 employees to volunteer for unpaid leave, as it tries to cut costs due to falling travel demand after the March 11 disasters and amid a nuclear crisis. The appeal comes just after the airline finally moved out of bankruptcy following its spectacular collapse that led it to go cap-in-hand to the government. "Due to a drop in visitors and cutbacks in routes, we are seeking 200 pilots and flight attendants to volunteer for a month of unpaid leave," said Japan Airlines spokesman Taro Namba. The company employs about 12,000 people.