Transportation

Toyota Posts Record First-Half as US Offsets Japan, China

Toyota vehicles bound for shipment at the Port of Nagoya in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg

Toyota Motor Corp. maintained record global sales during the first half of the fiscal year, as growth in the US helped counter a lukewarm showing in Japan and China.

Global sales — including subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd. — rose almost 3% in September from a year earlier to 949,153 units, the company said Monday. Production grew 9% to 1,036,106.