Yamaha Motor to temporarily suspend production at Shizuoka plant March 3 19:41
Yamaha Motor, a major motorcycle manufacturer, has temporarily stopped producing motorcycles at its factory in Shizuoka Prefecture, due to the delay in procurement of parts from China due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
Production will be suspended at Yamaha Motor's motorcycle factory in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture.
According to the company, due to a delay in procurement of parts from China due to the spread of the new coronavirus, production will be temporarily suspended for several days after this month.
This factory is the only motorcycle production base in Japan, producing about 180,000 medium and large motorcycles annually and exporting them to the United States and Europe.
The impact on production activities has spread to other Japanese companies, and Nissan Motor has taken measures to temporarily suspend production at factories such as Fukuoka Prefecture, and Canon has also adjusted production at its factories in Kyushu. You.