Toyota to partially resume production in 7 plants

TOKYO: Toyota said it would resume partial production of car parts at seven plants in Japan on Thursday, after suspending all factories following the nation's biggest ever earthquake.

The plants will first begin making replacement parts for the domestic market, and on Monday restart production of parts to supply to its overseas factories.

Toyota has 22 plants in Japan, directly operating 12 of them.

A Toyota spokesman said the company did not know when it would resume production at its other plants that make cars.