Toyota Slashes Production on Lockdown-Related Parts Shortage

Toyota Slashes Production on Lockdown-Related Parts Shortage
Workers assembling fourth generation Toyota Prius cars on the production line at the company's Tsutsumi assembly plant in Toyota City, Aichi prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2017. Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP via Getty Images
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TOKYO—Toyota is scaling its production back 40 percent, affecting 14 auto assembly plants in Japan, as coronavirus pandemic-related lockdowns in Southeast Asia crimp parts supplies.

Japan’s top automaker said Thursday production will halt completely next month at some plants and partly at others, affecting a wide range of models, including the Corolla subcompact, Prius hybrid, and Land Cruiser sport utility vehicle.