Companies including Sony Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. halted output at plants after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, damaging production facilities and causing power outages.
Sony halted and evacuated six factories in northeastern Japan, said Yasuhiro Okada, a spokesman at the Tokyo-based company. He said the company was assessing the impact of power outages and damage to its facilities in the region, which make Blu-ray discs, magnetic heads and batteries.
