NAGOYA (Kyodo) Toyota Motor Corp. is expected to report an unconsolidated operating loss in the fiscal year through March amid a widening slump in global auto sales and the yen's sharp appreciation against the dollar, sources said Friday.
It will be the first time Toyota has reported an unconsolidated loss on a full-year basis since fiscal 1949.
But Toyota, which has Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd. under its group, is likely to make a consolidated operating profit for fiscal 2008, although it will be reduced substantially from the year before, they said.