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The company has been facing shortages in supplies of parts as production has been disrupted because of last month's earthquake and tsunami. While it has restarted production in Japan, its factories have been working at a reduced output. The firm has said output would return to normal only by the end of 2011. The world's biggest car manufacturer also announced more cuts in production at its factories in Asia. The automaker said plants in eight Asian countries, including Thailand and India, will operate at 50% capacity from 25 April to 4 June. It also said that factories in these countries will operate for just three days a week during the period. The company had already announced that its factories in China will operate at 30-50% of capacity until 3 June. Meanwhile, another Japanese automaker, Nissan Motors also announced that output at its Japanese plants had slumped by 52% in March compared with last year.
