Toyota reported record annual net profit of more than $30 billion on Wednesday but the world's largest automaker by sales warned that the current year would be less spectacular.For this year it expects net profit of 3.57 trillion yen, down 27.8 percent, because of investments in "growth areas" such as electric and hydrogen cars, as well as in "human capital".
Toyota Motor Corp hiked its full-year profit forecast on Tuesdays, as sales of its hybrid models defied a wider downturn in the sector.
Toyota's subsidiary Daihatsu will suspend shipments of all its vehicles in and outside Japan amid a safety scandal.