Honda extends holiday for China motorcycle factories

Company has yet to set date for restarting Wuhan auto plants

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Honda will keep two motorcycle plants in China closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

RISA KAWABA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Honda Motor has extended a holiday shutdown at two motorcycle factories in China as the nation battles a deadly new coronavirus.

The plants in northern China's Tianjin and the eastern city of Taicang, near Shanghai, will reopen Feb. 9 instead of earlier that month, the Japanese company said.

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