Honda suspends factory operations for remainder of the week

Honda's Kumamoto factory occupies a 1,651,056 m² site Honda said it will suspend operations at its Kumamoto motorcycle factory until Friday after the region was rocked by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake. The factory is Honda's main production facility for motorcycles in Japan and has been producing the company's Super Cub bikes since 1991. Other major plants in the western Kumamoto area have also paused operations, including the factories of electronics company Sony and semiconductor manufacturer TSM