Prepare to face some ‘Made in Japan’ shortage as Japan faces one of the most powerful and disastrous earthquake in its history that brought along a tsunami that toppled Sendai coast on Friday. Death toll and damage report are still unknown and racking up as companies with factories affected by the natural disaster are starting damage assessments and a number of companies have opted to shut down operations as a result of the destruction.

Bloomberg reports that Sony, Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Subaru (Fuji Heavy Industries) have stopped operation in several of their factories after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake. Sony has stopped production and evacuated six of its facilities, Toyota has closed down three, Honda has shut two, Nissan has closed four, and Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru cars, has closed five factories. Even two of the nuclear power plant has been affected and fear of radiation leak has haunted civilians nearby.

Panasonic also reports that several of its employees sustained minor injuries, while one man working for Honda was killed at the carmaker’s R&D facility when a wall fell on him on Friday. Two workers at Nissan suffered minor injuries. A Toyota spokesperson told Bloomberg that all workers were safe.

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