A number of Japanese car manufacturers in their factories to temporarily shut down due to earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last Friday. Japan's biggest carmaker, Toyota announced to halt production at two plants.
The two factories can produce 420 thousand cars to overseas market. The closure came after Japan's earthquake and tsunami struck yesterday. Toyota is Japan's largest carmaker which it has not decided when it will reopen two mills.
The managers and workers who are in the second Toyota plant has been evacuated. Now the status in both facilities is still unknown. Both factories are located in the prefecture of Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, which this is the worst region affected by the earthquake which it was followed the tsunami yesterday.
Meanwhile, Nissan Motor releases have ceased production of the four factories in northern Japan, and it suspend work at the center of operations. According to Nissan, the factories will remain closed on Saturday and Sunday.
The workers of the factory adjacent to the coastline had been evacuated, while workers in other factories settled in the factory. The company launched two workers at a factory located in Tochigi prefecture seriously injured in the earthquake.
Honda Motor, the number three car manufacturers in Japan, released four production plants and one plant development (research and development center) will remain closed until Sunday.
