Toyota suspends output at three Japan plants due to heavy rains

A woman walks under a logo of Toyota Motor Corp at the company's showroom in Tokyo, Japan, in this August 4, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Yuya Shino · Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said it had canceled the day shift at three factories in northeastern Japan due to heavy rains that earlier on Friday burst the banks of a river in the city of Osaki, in Miyagi prefecture.

There has been no damage at the facilities - two in Miyagi and one in neighboring Iwate prefecture - which are run by its subsidiary Toyota Motor East Japan, a spokeswoman said.

Toyota will decide whether it will resume operations for the evening shift by around noon, she added.

(Reporting by Minami Funakoshi; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)