Many factories supporting key Japanese industries were damaged in the July 28 Kumamoto earthquakes, disrupting auto parts supplies and forcing Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. to halt production lines for a period.Automobile production depends on a complex supply chain built by individual companies that manufactures vast numbers of parts, and even a stoppage in the supply of a single component can bring production lines across Japan to a standstill. That was what happened after the Kumamoto earthquakes a decade ago and a similar situation was repeated following the l…READ FULL ARTICLE
