Japan is reeling from a humanitarian and nuclear crisis after a massive earthquake and tsunami. The country is a key supplier to the global auto and technology industries.

Nissan said in a statement it would resume production of repair parts and parts for overseas manufacturing at its Oppama, Tochigi, Yokohama, Kyushu and Nissan Shatai plants.

Vehicle production is planned to start on Thursday and will continue while supplies last, it said.

Restoration of its Iwaki engine plant, in northern Japan, is expected to take longer than the other plants, it said.

Nissan makes about 22 percent of its vehicles in Japan. Goldman Sachs has estimated the profit impact for stopping production to be about 2 billion yen a day for Nissan.