Recruiting voluntary retirement programs for JT 1000 people Integrate domestic and overseas tobacco businesses

JT = Japan Tobacco has announced that it will seek voluntary retirement of 1,000 employees in the future after integrating the domestic and overseas tobacco businesses because the tobacco market in Japan is not expected to grow. did.

At the same time, the JT Kyushu Factory in Chikushino City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and the factory in Tagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, where filters are manufactured by group companies, will be abolished in March next year.