Honda to cut output in UK as sales slow

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor said on Friday it would cut car output in Japan and Europe by a further 61,000 vehicles, including closing its British factory for two months in February and March, due to slowing sales.

Japan's No.2 automaker said in a statement it would reduce output by 40,000 vehicles at a Japanese factory, bringing planned domestic production to 1.278 million units in the business year to March 31, or down 1 percent from last year.

At its UK factory in Swindon, it said it would cut output of 21,000 vehicles, on top of a previously planned reduction of 10,000 units, with plans to close that plant for two months in February and March.

(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim)