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Old 04-18-16, 04:15 PM
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Earthquakes in Japan Lead to Shutdown of Plants That Produce Toyota and Lexus Vehicles



A recent series of earthquakes in southwest Japan that have killed more than 40 people and injured more than 1,000 have caused Toyota to shut down a great deal of its vehicle production in the country.

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I think majority of Japanese car manufacturers closed their facilities, not just Toyota.
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Old 04-19-16, 04:19 PM
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sucks for Toyota... first that engine steel plant blowing up in January has lost them some production and this now - even if it should not be more than 60k vehicles affected in the end.
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It also sucks for the people in Japan that have lost homes and family members.
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Prayers out to the people of Japan.

As for Lexus....just when we returned to number one after the last quakes this happens again.
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