Mitsubishi Motors Corporation said it would temporarily suspend production at three plants in Japan "considering global market decline due to the global expansion of COVID-19 coronavirus".
 
The second production line at Mizushima Plant (Okayama) will be closed from 6 April to 23 April.

Okazaki Plant (Aichi) will close from 9 April to 17 April.

Pajero Manufacturing (Gifu) will be shuttered from 13 April to 20 April.

Mitsubishi Motors said earlier it would temporarily suspend production of kei cars in Japan. Its first production line for kei cars at Mizushima would halt from 27 March to 10 April.

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