Japan industry sees production deficiencies
By Alan Ohnsman | China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-21 08:00
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The Sony Corp headquarters in Tokyo. The world's second-largest maker of consumer electronics has shut eight plants in Miyagi, Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures, where workers are inspecting equipment and facilities, according to Chisato Kitsukawa, a spokesman with Sony. Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg |
LOS ANGELES - Toyota Motor Corp and Sony Corp, two of Japan's biggest manufacturers, are facing worst-case scenarios of long-term production shortfalls as scores of plants remain closed and workers are left idle in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
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