Toyota Motor Corp., unscathed by an investigation over its failure to promptly recall faulty vehicles, announced record group sales and profits for the April-June quarter Friday, thanks to strong sales in North America and Europe.
Toyota reported its group net profit jumped 39.2 percent from the previous year to 371.5 billion yen, while sales rose 13.2 percent to 5.64 trillion yen.
Japan's biggest automaker also posted a record operating profit of 512.4 billion yen, up 26.5 percent, while its pretax profit climbed 31.5 percent to 554.6 billion yen.
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