Monday's Earthquake Places A Dent In Japanese Production

Japanese automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp., called production halts Wednesday at factories in Japan because of quake damage at a major parts supplier.

The temporary closure of auto parts maker Riken Corp.'s plant at Kashiwazaki city, near the epicenter of Monday's magnitude 6.8 quake, has forced Toyota, Nissan Motor Co. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Fuji Heavy Industries to scale back production.

Toyota, Japan's No. 1 automaker, will stop production lines at a dozen factories centered in central Aichi prefecture Thursday afternoon and all day Friday, said Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco.


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jl3787 - 7/18/2007 4:01:38 PM

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Interesting to see that our complicated society can became quickly paralize.

Imagine what a meteorite would do!

Monk - 7/18/2007 4:59:00 PM

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uh oh....

toolatetorace - 7/19/2007 9:37:34 AM

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I'll bet that Toyota won't raise their prices like the oil companies when disater hits