YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) About 2,800 Nissan Motor Co. employees started their first day of work Wednesday at the company's new headquarters in Yokohama's Minato Mirai district.

It's been 41 years since the automaker was last headquartered in Yokohama, the place of its birth. The company plans to sell the building that housed its previous headquarters in Tokyo's Ginza district.

The company also relocated its showroom to the new HQ.