Toyota halts operations at 12 Japan factories due to system failure

TOKYO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) has suspended operations at a dozen factories in Japan due to a system failure, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday.

It was not immediately clear when the system will be restored, NHK reported.

All local plants except for the Miyata plant in western Japan prefecture of Fukuoka and Toyota unit Daihatsu's plant in Kyoto are affected, according to NHK.

Operations at the world's largest automaker by sales ground to a halt last year when one of its suppliers was hit by a cyberattack.

Shares of Toyota were down 0.3% at 2,429 yen in early Tokyo trade.

Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Kim Coghill and Muralikumar Anantharaman

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