(Tokyo-AP) Hundreds of unionized workers rallied in Tokyo on Tuesday to protest massive job cuts...Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. are among the major employers to trim thousands of workers from their payrolls.

Nissan says it's eliminating another 500 jobs in Japan and reducing production as the global economic crisis saps demand for cars...Nissan, whose net profit slumped by more than 40 per cent in the first half, said in October it was slashing 3,500 jobs worldwide.

Rating agency Standard & Poor's revised its Triple-A outlooks on Toyota's long-term debt to negative from stable, saying it was not immune to the weakening global auto market. ... Honda also said it would cut capital spending, delay new plants and product launches and reduce its third-quarter dividend. It will also review bonus payments for directors, and cut their monthly salaries by 10 percent from January.

On Monday, Toyota Motor Co. confirmed what had been rumored for weeks: The opening of its Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi plant in Blue Springs was being delayed. ... Toyota hasn't been immune from the global slowdown, having cut its profit forecast about half, to $6.6 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31. Japan's largest automaker saw sales in the U.S. fall 32 percent in November, with a 48 percent plunge in Prius sales.