Kanto Auto Works plant. Later, the company replaced Yokosuka for car assemby with the Higashi-Fuji (established in 1968) and Iwate (established in 1993) plants. Kanto Auto Works was a public company until 2011 when, following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Toyota announced it would make it a wholly owned subsidiary. On July 1, 2012, Kanto Auto Works and two other Toyota subsidiaries (Central Motors and Toyota Motors Tohoku) were combined into a single company called Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc. Kanto Auto Works In April 1946, Kanto Auto Works was established in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, as an independent company called "Kanto Electric Motor Works"
2011 Christchurch earthquake in May 2012. The 21-storey PricewaterhouseCoopers building, the city's tallest office tower, is among the office buildings to be demolished. The Carlton Hotel, a listed heritage building, was undergoing repairs after the September 2010 earthquake damage when the February 2011 earthquake damaged the building further. It was deemed unstable and demolished in April 2011. St Elmo Courts has been damaged in the September 2010 earthquake and the owner intended to repair the building, but further damage caused by the February 2011 event resulted in a decision to demolish, which was done the following month. The historic Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings