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The car company Toyota is down two elevators at its global headquarters to money. The world's largest automaker on Thursday it will down two of eight elevators at its main Tokyo office. This is to save electricity and to cut down on the costs of operating the building. One reason for this new move the strengthening Japanese yen. The yen has much stronger since the UK voted to leave the EU on June the 23rd. One dollar bought nearly 120 yen in January; now it just above 100. A stronger yen Toyota cars sold overseas are more expensive and profits down. Toyota's profit for the year ending March 2016 was a record ¥2.31 trillion, which around $23 billion.

A Toyota spokeswoman said the company to down the elevators several weeks ago because of the rising yen. The company is also the temperature of air conditioners to save money. The spokeswoman said Toyota similar cost-cutting measures after the financial crisis that in September 2008. That also the yen strengthen against the dollar. The spokeswoman said: "These policies are not new." She : "The key objective for the stoppage of elevators specifically is to awareness amongst employees, and to them of the commitment that Toyota towards the idea of increasing competitiveness through staying lean and reducing waste."

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