Espoo, Finland-based mobile-phone maker Nokia announced today that it would continue its efforts to align its research and development (R&D) operations to its already-announced portfolio of future products, and that these efforts would include the reduction of its R&D activities in Japan. According to the company, the move is expected to result in the layoff of a number of 220 employees in the country.

According to the company, the new wave of layoffs will affect around one percent of Nokia's global R&D workforce, it seems. “Nokia will continue its significant sourcing activities in Japan. Japanese manufacturers are important partners who play a critical role in Nokia's global supply-chain strategy and with whom Nokia continues to develop its world-class logistics operations,” the handset vendor stated.

Most of you might know already that the leading mobile-phone vendor announced last week the layoff of a number of 330 employees. 230 of the job cuts were operated at the company's Oulu site in Finland, while the rest of 100 were made at its Copenhagen site. According to the company, the last-week layoffs impacted around 2 % of Nokia's R&D personnel globally. The vendor also noted that it had 2,000 employees in Oulu and more than 1,000 employees in Copenhagen.

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