Toyota, Nissan to suspend production in western Japan as typhoon nears (updated)
05/09/2022 07:56
(Adds Nissan's production suspension)
TOKYO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp 7203.T
will suspend some evening shifts at three plants in western
Japan due to an approaching typhoon, it said on Monday.
Toyota will suspend Monday night shift production starting
at 9 p.m. (1200 GMT) and cancel Tuesday morning production at
three factories in the western prefecture of Fukuoka.
The automaker expects to resume production on the Tuesday
night shift, it said on its website.
Similarly, Nissan Motor Corp 7201.T and Nissan Shatai Co
7222.T subsidiaries in Fukuoka prefecture are expected to
suspend production for Monday night and Tuesday daylight shifts,
a Nissan Motor spokesperson told Reuters.
Some businesses in South Korea are also contemplating
temporary suspensions of operations as the powerful typhoon
Hinnamnor approaches. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N30B0K5
(Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Tom Hogue and Kim
Coghill)
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