TOKYO: Sony Corp is suspending some production at plants in Japan that make popular consumer electronics such as digital cameras and TVs due to shortages of components and raw materials following the March 11 earthquake.
Operations at plants in Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu and Oita were suspended through to the end of this month. Those factories are involved in the production of broadcast equipment, camcorders, digital cameras, lenses for digital single-lens reflex cameras, cellphones, LCD TVs, microphones and headphones.