Toyota said on Wednesday it would halt operations at three plants in southern Japan through Friday as it weighed the impact of an earthquake on suppliers and logistics, just hours after resuming production stopped the previous day.

 

Tuesday's 7.1-magnitude quake in the prefecture of Kumamoto damaged roads and knocked out ‌power to thousands ‌of homes, raising concerns about ‌supply ?chains and logistics ?and affecting other manufacturers besides Toyota.

 

"The situation, including aftershocks and recovery efforts, is changing daily," the world's biggest automaker said in a statement about the suspensions at its Miyata, Kanda and Kokura plants from Wednesday ?until July 31.