Toyota Motor will shut down its two plants in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures for up to eight days next month because it cannot procure enough necessary parts due to a global shortage of semiconductors.
This is the first time Toyota has shut down its factory due to a shortage of semiconductors, which will affect about 20,000 units in total.
According to the announcement, Toyota Motor East Japan's Iwate Plant and Miyagi Ohira Plant will be shut down.
The Iwate Factory will have a maximum of 8 days from the 7th to the 22nd of next month, and the Miyagi Ohira Factory will have 3 days from the 9th of next month.
This is the first time Toyota has shut down its domestic factories due to a shortage of semiconductors because it has become impossible to procure enough necessary parts due to a serious shortage of semiconductors.
The two plants are producing the SUV "C-HR" and the compact car "Yaris", which will affect the total production of about 20,000 units.
Regarding the semiconductor shortage, ▽ SUBARU stopped operation at the factory in Gunma prefecture for 8 days and the factory in the United States for 10 days last month, ▽ Nissan Motors about 250,000 units in this year, ▽ Mitsubishi Motors about The impact is protracted, with 40,000 units expected to be reduced in production.