Four of Japan's five major automakers hiked overseas output in August from a year earlier, with Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. booking double-digit growth, according to data released Wednesday.

Toyota bolstered overseas production by 14 percent to 171,934 units, Nissan 30.8 percent to 114,593 units, a record for the month, and Mitsubishi 18.9 percent to 84,215 units.

Honda Motor Co. raised overseas output by 8.9 percent to 128,704 units, but Mazda Motor Corp. cut overseas production by 19.9 percent to 8,334 units.