Four out of five major Japanese automakers increased overseas production in February from a year earlier, with all of them posting a new record for the month, according to figures released Friday by the five.
The four are Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co., Mazda Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Only Mitsubishi Motors Corp. marked a drop in overseas production.
Including its subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors, Toyota recorded a 15.7 percent rise in overseas output to 307,238 units. Toyota is likely to become the world's largest carmaker this year in terms of sales and production on a group basis.