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 Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> will increase domestic output in
January-March by about 10 percent compared with this month, the
Nikkei business daily reported.
Toyota has already told its parts suppliers that daily output in
January-March will total around 14,000 vehicles, the Nikkei said
without citing the source of its information.
For December the automaker had planned to produce about 12,500 cars
per day, the newspaper said.
In January, Honda Motor Co <7267.T> will operate two of its domestic
plants two days longer than originally scheduled to meet demand for
one of its smaller models, the Nikkei said.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp <7211.T> and Suzuki Motor Corp <7269.T> will
also keep domestic production lines running three days longer than
originally planned in January to meet demand for newly introduced
sub-compact models.
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Japan will raise its 5 percent sales tax to 8 percent in April to
help pay for rising healthcare costs. The tax increase has prompted
consumers to bring forward purchases of homes, cars, other durable
goods and luxury items before they become more expensive.
(Reporting by Stanley White; editing by
Paul Tait)
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