Toyota Motor will restart its Japanese vehicle factories tomorrow, but given the impact of the earthquake on the New Year, it will decide separately on work from January 15.
As aftershocks from the 7,6-magnitude earthquake that devastated Japan's west coast continue, and many of its suppliers and their subsidiaries are located in the affected areas, Toyota said in a press release on Sunday that it will use parts in stock outside those areas. .
Toyota President Koji Sato said Friday that the company is trying to understand the situation in its supply chain after suppliers Aisin and Sumitomo Electric suffered damage from the earthquake.
As of Friday, about 80 percent of the 200 companies with facilities in the quake-hit areas have resumed production or will soon resume production, Industry Minister Ken Saito said Friday.
More than 100 people have been confirmed dead and more than 200 are still missing after the earthquake hit the Noto Peninsula, off the coast northwest of Tokyo.
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