Daihatsu Motor Co. said Wednesday it will partly resume domestic production on Feb. 12, after the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. halted its entire production in the country last month due to safety test rigging.
The automaker said it will resume some production at its factory in Kyoto Prefecture, one of its four assembly plants in Japan. It is also considering restarting production at a plant in Oita Prefecture on Feb. 19 or after.
Meanwhile, operations at the remaining two factories in Osaka and Shiga Prefectures will remain halted until March 1, Daihatsu said.
The plan comes after Japan's transport ministry lifted a shipment ban on some of the vehicles affected by the data rigging earlier this month, saying it confirmed their safety in its own testing.
Daihatsu admitted to having falsified data in safety testing for most of its models last month, resulting in the stoppage of all shipments at home and abroad.
The automaker has said it has restarted shipments in Malaysia and Indonesia after obtaining approval from local authorities.
Daihatsu said Wednesday it will restart some domestic shipments from Monday.
