Sony suspends production at plant in quake-hit Japan

300

TOKYO: Sony on Sunday said production at its image sensor plant in Kumamoto, Japan, suspended as it assessed damage from a powerful earthquake.

Operations at its image sensor plants in Nagasaki and Oita, also on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, fully resumed, the company said. The Kumamoto plant has been offline since Friday, while operations at the Nagasaki and Oita plants were partially suspended on Saturday.