TOKYO—Major Japanese manufacturers, including Toyota and Panasonic, said they would boost employees’ salaries for the first time in years, heeding a call from the prime minister ahead of a sales tax rise next month.
NORTH STRABANE, PA—A worker’s right arm was severed in an industrial accident at a manufacturing plant here Tuesday morning. The man was adjusting drill bits on a machine at Lincoln Hydraulics when his arm became stuck in a spindle and it was severed at the elbow.
SANTA ROSA, CA—An innovative “job-shadowing” program to train high school students for skilled manufacturing jobs is gaining momentum in its third year. Launched by 101MFG, a trade group focused on boosting California’s manufacturing sector, the program is expecting up to 300 participants this year.
DETROIT—William Clay Ford, the last surviving grandchild of automotive innovator Henry Ford and owner of the Detroit Lions, died Sunday of pneumonia at the age of 88. He was also director emeritus of Ford Motor Co.
NORTH CHARLESON, SC—Boeing said on Friday that “hairline cracks” had been discovered in the wings of about 40 787 Dreamliners that are in production, marking another setback for the company’s newest jet. The cracks have not been found on planes that are in use by airlines and therefore posed no safety risk.
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