Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it will suspend over half of its assembly lines in Japan for up to three days as it struggles to secure parts from suppliers affected by a recent powerful earthquake that rocked the country's northeastern region.
Toyota said the 18 lines at 11 factories will be idled from Monday, leading it to lose output of 20,000 vehicles. The figure includes the effects of temporarily stopping two plants in the region through Thursday.
With the production cut, caused by the magnitude 7.4 quake late Wednesday, Toyota will see an output loss of around 50,000 units in March as it continues to grapple with a global semiconductor shortage.
The world's largest automaker by volume also had to shut all 28 production lines at 14 domestic factories on March 1 for one day after its supplier Kojima Industries Corp. suffered a cyberattack.
In a similar development, Subaru Corp. said Friday it will suspend operations at three plants in Gunma Prefecture, near Tokyo, for two days due to supply disruptions.
Subaru did not disclose the extent of the impact from the quake on its production.
The quake off northeastern Japan at 11:36 p.m. Wednesday left at least three people dead and more than 180 injured, while causing widespread power outages and traffic disruptions.
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