Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. suspended production at plants in Japan today and were assessing damage after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast, triggering a tsunami and shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo.
Read moreAn 8.8 earthquake, the largest to hit the country in 120 years, followed by a tsunami, rocked the north of Japan at about 5.46GMT (13.46 local), with the centre close to Sendai, where Toyota recently opened a new plant.
Read moreToyota says it is too early to make an assessment whether or not any of its plants have been damaged in this morning’s (11 March) huge earthquake off the coast off Japan.
Read moreToyota was among the Japanese companies assessing the damage of an 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of northern Japan, shaking buildings violently as far away as Tokyo.
Read moreToyota, Honda, Nissan and Subaru suspended production at plants in Japan today and were assessing damage after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast, triggering a tsunami and shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo.
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Read moreToyota, unveiling a new business plan to double operating profit by 2015, will remove its head of North America from a downsized board and promote Canada chief Ray Tanguay to be its highest non-Japanese executive.
Read moreToyota plans to sell half of its vehicles in emerging markets and roll out 10 more hybrid models as part of efforts to boost its operating profit to at least $12 billion by 2015.
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