Honda to temporarily shut down factories in China and Japan because of chip shortage — disruption caused by fallout from on-going conflict within Nexperia

Honda has announced that it will suspend production at several sites in Japan on January 5 and 6, with reduced operations until January 9. While it’s unclear which factories will be affected, some estimates suggest that it will affect the company’s Suzuka and Saitama plants, which primarily produce vehicles for the domestic market. Aside from this, it will close three factories in China from December 29 through January 2. According to Digitimes, the Japanese car manufacturer had to reduce or halt…