Gap Fill - Level 2

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Toyota is shutting down two elevators at its to save money. The world's carmaker said it will shut down two of eight elevators at its Tokyo office. This is to save and to cut down on the costs of being in the . One reason for doing is the strengthening Japanese yen since the UK voted in June to leave the EU. One was 120 yen in January; it is just above 100. A yen means Toyota cars are more expensive and profits go down. Toyota's profit for the year ending March 2016 was a $23 billion.

Toyota said it decided to shut down the several weeks because of the rising yen. It is also changing the of air conditioners to save money. Toyota took cost-cutting measures after the financial of 2008. That also made the yen stronger against the dollar. Toyota said: "These are not new….The key objective for the of elevators…is to raise amongst employees, and to remind them of the that Toyota has towards the idea of increasing competitiveness through…reducing ."

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