Each of Japan's five biggest automakers said Wednesday they posted a year-on-year rise in domestic and overseas output for January due to robust overseas demand and their policy of moving factories abroad.
Honda Motor Co. set a record for January in overseas production, manufacturing 156,251 units, up 21.5 percent. Its domestic output rose 8.6 percent to 108,018.
Its global output -- overseas output plus domestic production -- set a record for the month at 264,269 units, up 15.9 percent from a year before.