Toyota, crimped by steel shortage, may suspend Japan output

Toyota builds around 14,000 vehicles a day in Japan, output that is threatened by a steel shortage. (BLOOMBERG)

January 29, 2016 05:00 AM

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said it may halt production at its plants in Japan early next month due to a steel shortage, following an explosion at a steel plant operated by one of its affiliates.

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