TOKYO: Toyota said on Monday that it would temporarily stop its vehicle production in Japan due to a parts shortage following an explosion at a supplier.

The world’s top automaker said assembly lines in its home market would go offline for a week from February 8 owing to a lack of components from affiliate Aichi Steel.

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