Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. on Monday partly resumed production of sedans and pickups at three plants after the worst Thai flooding in decades forced them to temporarily shut down in October due to supply chain disruptions. Toyota’s three plants located in Samut Prakan and Chachoengsao were not flooded but suspended operations on October 10 […]
The body of a Japanese man was founding hanging from a tree on the road leading to the famous Pattaya Viewpoint on the Pratamnuk Mountain, early on Thursday Morning. Police were called to the location and inspected the body of Mr. Hisatoshi Isayama aged 61. Read more: Pattaya One
BANGKOK, Nov 14 – Leading Japanese automakers on Monday announced the partial resumption of production in Thailand after being forced to halt operations for over a month due to the country’s worst flooding in decades, which disrupted their parts supply. Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) president Nobuyuki Murahashi said his factory suspended production from Oct 14 through […]
Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba has requested three urgent relief measures to help Japanese companies in Thailand recover from the severe flooding. During his meeting with his counterpart Surapong Towichakchaikul at the 23rd Apec Summit in Hawaii, Gemba asked the government to provide electricity and water to Japanese factories, waive import duties on equipment brought […]
Two giant Japanese automakers have announced that they are about to reopen production lines shut down after their plants in Thailand were closed in early October by flooding. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation said it will reopen production lines on Monday, Nov 14, reports said on Thursday. Its auto-part suppliers in industrial estates were earlier shut down […]
Under waters still almost two meters deep lies a disaster for multinationals and Thailand At 10 am on Nov. 11, Sukejawa Seiya, the vice president of the Japan External Trade Organization in Bangkok, made his daily measurement of the floodwaters covering hundreds of factories on the Ayutthaya plain north of Bangkok. The water was still […]
Foreign investors in Thailand are angry at the Thai government’s response to the floods that ravaged many industrial zones across the nation. A CNBC Broadcast reported that Japanese investors in Thailand have voiced outrage at the Thai government, saying that it has failed to tackle the ravaging flood, which has caused significant damage to the […]
BANGKOK, 20 October 2011 (NNT) – Thai-based Japanese motor companies has decided to suspend their production lines after their factories have been severely hit by the deluge. The suspension takes effect today, said NHK Broadcasting Corporation. According to NHK, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation, a giant truck maker located in the flood-ravaged industrial estate […]
