Honda Motor Co. will halt production at plants in Japan and China in coming weeks, highlighting the lingering fallout of the global chip shortage.The Japanese carmaker will suspend output in Japan on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, a spokesperson said Thursday, without specifying which plants will be affected. All three of the facilities in its joint venture in China, Guangqi Honda Automobile Co., will be offline from Dec. 29 to Jan. 2....