Toyota to Resume Production at All Japan Plants

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Source: Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it will resume limited production at all plants in Japan from April 18 to 27 after the March earthquake and tsunami forced it to halt car manufacturing due to parts shortages.

Toyota, the world's No. 1 automaker, said production at its 18 plants in Japan will operate at 50 percent of normal capacity. The company will then halt production at all plants from April 28 to May 9.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/04/08/business/AP-AS-Japan-Earthquake-Automakers.html

[Newest Reality]

1. Glowing parts

means you won't need a light under the hood when you look at the engine.

[Tunkamerica]

2. If the sudden acceleration doesn't get you...

[SkyDaddy7]

3. This is excellent news!

For not only the families employed by Toyota in Japan but over here as well.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

4. I bought a gieger counter and will never again buy anything from Japan without checking it myself.

[Nihil]

5. Where did your Geiger counter come from though?

(Now picturing ElsewheresDaughter pointing her Japanese Geiger counter
at a mirror ...)

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[Wednesdays]

6. LOL, so you need a Geiger counter to test the Geiger counter...

As for the OP, this is very good news. May Toyota have astounding success selling cars everywhere in the world...except in the U.S. ;) Enough to keep the Toyota workers in America as well as Japan well-paid and happy.

[Auntie Bush]

8. +1

I'd hate not to have parts for my car should I or anyone else need them.

[robcon]

7. Terrific news.

n/t