{"id":14458,"date":"2026-04-13T10:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/japans-toto-suspends-pre-fab-bath-orders-as-iran-war-hits-glue-supply\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:24:09","slug":"japans-toto-suspends-pre-fab-bath-orders-as-iran-war-hits-glue-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/japans-toto-suspends-pre-fab-bath-orders-as-iran-war-hits-glue-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Toto suspends pre-fab bath orders as Iran war hits glue supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"NewsArticleHeader_newsArticleTagContainer__9oA_J\"><a class=\"ArticleTag_articleTag__P1Zo7\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/spotlight\/supply-chain\" data-trackable=\"primary-tag\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supply Chain<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleHeader_newsArticleHeaderSubtitle__ZlvPp\" data-trackable=\"subhead\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Naphtha-based solvents used in coatings and film adhesion run short<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-trackable=\"image-main\" class=\"NewsArticleHeaderImage_newsArticleHeaderImageContainer__CIe9L\" style=\"display:block\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleCaption_newsArticleCaption__fxo8v\" data-trackable=\"caption\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" style=\"display:block\">Toto&#8217;s supply shortage could affect the construction of new homes in Japan. (Nikkei montage\/Source photos by Toshiki Sasazu and Masahiro Egawa)<\/p>\n<div class=\"NewsArticleDetails_newsArticleDetailsContainer__wnuEM\">\n<p>AMI KUROSAWA<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleTimestamp_articleTimestamp__Oknqo\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">\n<p><span>April 13, 2026 15:38 JST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Updated on <!-- -->April 13, 2026 18:58 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; Japan&#8217;s Toto, known for its bidet toilets, bathtubs and kitchens, has stopped taking orders for its prefabricated bath units due to a shortage of organic solvents, a result of the Strait of Hormuz closure, Nikkei learned on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>if(\"undefined\"!=typeof window&&\"undefined\"!=typeof...<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/spotlight\/supply-chain\/japan-s-toto-suspends-pre-fab-bath-orders-as-iran-war-hits-glue-supply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supply Chain Naphtha-based solvents used in coatings and film adhesion run short Toto&#8217;s supply shortage could affect the construction of new homes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3455,3508],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-asie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}