Tokyo, Aug. 27 (BridgeNews) - Toshiba Corp. (JP;6502) and Hitachi Ltd. (JP;6501), two leading comprehensive electric machinery manufacturers in Japan, are going to cut nearly 20,000 jobs each due to the gloomy semiconductor business, Japanese newspapers reported over the weekend. According to these papers, Toshiba is going to cut 18,000 employees to 19,000 employees, about 10% of the Toshiba's 188,000 employees by March 2004. Hitachi is also going to cut 20,000 jobs, papers said.