Toshiba Says Has Restarted Some Chip Production at Quake-Hit Plant

Pedestrians walk past a logo of Toshiba Corp. outside an electronics retailer in Tokyo, on Sept. 14, 2015. Toru Hanai/Reuters

TOKYO—Toshiba Corp. on Wednesday said it had partially restarted production at a semiconductor plant in Oita, southern Japan, that was halted after a strong earthquake hit the area at the weekend.

One of the two production lines at the factory was restarted on Wednesday, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corp. said in a statement. It did not say when the other line would reopen.