{"id":125948,"date":"2026-03-17T15:46:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotive.einnews.com\/article\/900050395"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:46:53","slug":"japan-automakers-cut-output-on-iran-conflict-fear-parts-supply-disruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/japan-automakers-cut-output-on-iran-conflict-fear-parts-supply-disruptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan automakers cut output on Iran conflict, fear parts supply disruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"NewsArticleHeader_newsArticleTagContainer__9oA_J\"><a class=\"ArticleTag_articleTag__P1Zo7\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/automobiles\" data-trackable=\"primary-tag\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Automobiles<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleHeader_newsArticleHeaderSubtitle__ZlvPp\" data-trackable=\"subhead\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Hormuz closure 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(Source photos by Nikkei)<\/p>\n<div class=\"NewsArticleDetails_newsArticleDetailsContainer__wnuEM\">\n<p>RYOSUKE HANADA and TOMONORI WASHIDA<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleTimestamp_articleTimestamp__Oknqo\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">\n<p><span>March 18, 2026 01:39 JST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"NewsArticle_newsArticleOuterContentContainerWrapper__unlkj\">\n<div class=\"NewsArticle_newsArticleContentContainerWrapper___X4kK\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBodyWithTracking_articleBodyWithTrackingTranslationWrapper___zPnA\">\n<div class=\"ezrichtext-field NewsArticleBody_newsArticleBody__wMhF_\" id=\"article-body-preview\" data-article-body data-trackable=\"bodytext\" data-atlas=\"body\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-dark-mode=\"false\">\n<p data-dark-mode=\"false\" class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__2p1wC\">TOKYO &#8212; The conflict in the Middle East is starting to hit the Japanese auto industry, with Nissan Motor and Toyota Motor trimming production because of the de facto shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"match\">Automobiles<\/span> Hormuz closure interrupts shipments of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}