Toyota Motor Corp. will extend a partial production halt in Japan through Oct. 18 following an explosion at a supplier this week, the automaker says, the latest in a series of problems highlighting issues related to the manufacturing system at the world's largest carmaker.
Toyota Motor Corp. says its net profit in the three months ended June rose 78.0 percent from a year ago to a record 1.31 trillion yen ($9.2 billion), helped by the yen's weakness and robust vehicle sales.
Hiroyuki Yoshino, a former president of Honda Motor who steered the carmaker on its own growth strategy without seeking a partner amid an industry-wide realignment around 2000, dies at age 82.