( CNN ) -- Toyota Motor Corporation on Tuesday announced dramatic production cuts in North America because of difficulty in supplying parts following the massive 9.0-magnitude March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan . Previously , Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America , Inc. ( TEMA ) , had said it would suspend production on Mondays and Fridays between April 15 and April 25 . That will continue through June 3 , the company said in a statement . `` During the same period , production will run at 50 % on Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday , '' the statement said . In addition , Canadian production will be suspended for the week beginning May 23 , and U.S. production for the week starting May 30 . No decisions have been made for production after June 3 , according to Toyota . `` No layoffs are planned during this period , '' the statement said . `` Team members will utilize non-production time for training and plant improvement activities . '' `` We are trying to continue production as much as possible and keep our workforce intact in order to facilitate a smooth transition back to full production when all parts are available , '' said Steve St. Angelo , executive vice president of TEMA , in the statement . Last month , Toyota told its U.S. plants to prepare to shut down because of parts supply problems . Toyota employs 25,000 manufacturing and research-and-development workers in North America . It operates nine plants in the United States in Kentucky , Indiana , Texas , Tennessee , Alabama , West Virginia , California and Mississippi . It also operates three plants in Canada and one in Mexico .
Production has been suspended on Wednesday and Thursday . It will run at 50 minutes on Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday . Production in Ontario , Canada to be suspended in September .