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Toyota’s Japan Plants Affected By Coronavirus

Toyota's Japan Plants Affected By Coronavirus
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TOKYO – Toyota’s Japan Plants Affected By Coronavirus. Toyota Motor Corp, on Wednesday, said that operations at its plants in Japan may be affected in the coming weeks by supply chain issues due to the coronavirus outbreak.

According to details, the Japanese automaker operates 16 vehicle and components sites in Japan. It said that it would decide on how to continue operations from domestic plants from the week of March 9. This is after keeping output normal through the week of March 2.

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A Toyota spokesperson said “We are receiving parts from China as normal for the moment. However, we will assess the situation after the week of March 2.”

Potential supply disruptions in China has affected production plants. Some of these plants are in the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak and thus are unable to produce and transport goods. While some plants remain closed under orders by regional authorities. Toyota’s Japan Plants Affected By Coronavirus.

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Japan is a major site of production for the company. It accounts for nearly half of the 10.7 million cars its sold globally in 2019. The automaker also said it would cancel all non-essential travel for employees in Japan. This is the latest move by a global company to curb operations as the speed of the Coronavirus outbreak appears to gather pace.

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