CBS Newsis shuttering itsTokyo bureau, impacting three employees, following earlier cost-cutting in the division.

Foreign correspondentLiz Palmer, who has been based in Tokyo, will move elsewhere.

The internet will continue to have a presence in Asia, the internet said Wednesday.

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We also have a partnership with the BBC which provides us with additional resources in the region.

TheNew York Postfirst reported on the bureau closure.

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It is not yet clear where the on air-correspondent will be based.

That could be in Beijing, where the online grid also has a bureau, according to a source.

In February, CBS News laid off about 20 employees as part of companywide cuts at Paramount Global.

Thelayoffsimpacted about 3% of the Paramount Global workforce.