Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyori Kodaira (C), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., smiles as he is surrounded by reporters after a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014, on the automaker's earnings for the first half of fiscal 2014. Toyota posted a record group operating profit of 1.35 trillion yen for the six months to Sept. 30, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier. Net profit rose 12.6 percent to a record 1.13 trillion yen.

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyori Kodaira, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014, on the automaker's earnings for the first half of fiscal 2014. Toyota posted a record group operating profit of 1.35 trillion yen for the six months to Sept. 30, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier. Net profit rose 12.6 percent to a record 1.13 trillion yen.

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyori Kodaira, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014, on the automaker's earnings for the first half of fiscal 2014. Toyota posted a record group operating profit of 1.35 trillion yen for the six months to Sept. 30, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier. Net profit rose 12.6 percent to a record 1.13 trillion yen.

Nikkei ends above 16,000 for 1st time in 8 months

Nikkei ends above 16,000 for 1st time in 8 months

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange topping the 16,000 threshold for the first time in eight months on Sept. 18, 2014. The key index ended up 178.90 points, or 1.13 percent, from the previous day at 16,067.57, its best finish since Jan. 8.

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyori Kodaira (C), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., smiles as he is surrounded by reporters after a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014, on the automaker's earnings for the first half of fiscal 2014. Toyota posted a record group operating profit of 1.35 trillion yen for the six months to Sept. 30, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier. Net profit rose 12.6 percent to a record 1.13 trillion yen. (Kyodo)

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyori Kodaira, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014, on the automaker's earnings for the first half of fiscal 2014. Toyota posted a record group operating profit of 1.35 trillion yen for the six months to Sept. 30, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier. Net profit rose 12.6 percent to a record 1.13 trillion yen. (Kyodo)