Toyota and Subaru idle plants as quakes disrupt supply chains

Wednesday's temblors in northeastern Japan impact auto industry

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Cars roll off assembly lines at Toyota Motor's Tsutsumi plant in the central Japanese city of Toyota. The automaker's supply chains have been disrupted by major earthquakes earlier this week. © Reuters

MASAHISA YUZAWA and SHIZUKA TANABE, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor and Subaru are shutting down certain assembly lines in Japan after this week's powerful earthquakes in the northeast disrupted supply chains.

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