In the ten years since the earthquake and tsunami hit the Japanese region of Tohoku, carmakers disrupted by the disaster have been working on mitigation strategies to better prepare and respond to the next supply chain threat. Marcus Williams talks to Mazda, Nissan and Toyota about what has been achieved over the last decade
It is ten years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and its tsunami devastated the coastal area around Fukushima, and the wider Tohoku region. The earthquake, which hit on March 11, took 1,500 lives and caused widespread destruction, including to the Fukushima nuclear plant. It was also one of the most significant disruptions to the global automotive supply chain and exposed the extent of both interconnectivity in automotive production, as well as a wider lack of visibility across many suppliers.
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