Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it booked record-high profits for the April to December period and raised its full-year forecast on strong sales in North America.
Analysts say the results mean the auto giant is still on track to become the first Japanese company to top ¥3 trillion ($25.7 billion) in annual operating profit.
The world's top automaker reported that group net profit rose 9.2 percent in the nine months from a year earlier to ¥1.89 trillion, and operating profit grew 9.0 percent to ¥2.31 trillion on sales of ¥21.43 trillion, up 6.5 percent and another record.