Toyota Motor Corp. faces growing difficulties in achieving its global production target of 10 million vehicles this year, due to plunging sales in China amid continuing anti-Japanese sentiment.
In August, Toyota announced plans to turn out 10.05 million vehicles worldwide in 2012, including those produced by group firms Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd.
Toyota's current output record stands at 9.49 million units, which was achieved in 2007. In setting this year's goal, Toyota had envisioned sales increasing in emerging economies and expected those in China to reach 1 million vehicles, a rise of 100,000 from the year before.