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A federal judge has rejected most claims made in a shareholder lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp. that accused the Japanese automaker of knowing about and hiding purported acceleration problems in some of its vehicles.

Toyota Motor Corp. , the automaker that built 45 percent of its cars in Japan last year, may need to produce more abroad because of the yen near a record against the dollar and the aftermath of the nation’s worst earthquake.

Toyota Motor Corp. says its car production in Japan plummeted 62.7 percent in March due to a parts supply crunch following the earthquake and tsunami.

Toyota Motor Corp. resumed car production at all of its plants in Japan Monday for the first time since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, but said the factories will run at half capacity due to parts shortages.

Toyota Motor Corp. will suspend production in Europe for several days in April and May due to parts shortages following last month's massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the world's No. 1 automaker said Wednesday.

Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it will resume car production at all its plants in Japan at half capacity from April 18 to 27 after the March earthquake and tsunami forced it to halt manufacturing due to shortages of parts and power.

Toyota Motor said Tuesday that global sales of its hybrid models have topped 3 million vehicles on the back of brisk demand for the Prius.

Toyota Motor Corp. is aiming for an auto industry first by reaching annual sales of 10 million vehicles by 2015 even as it acknowledges that overly rapid growth was at the root of its recall fiasco.

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that global sales of its hybrid models have topped 3 million vehicles on the back of brisk demand for the Prius.

Toyota Motor Corp.'s rebound from record recalls that depressed sales and hurt its reputation for quality was bolstered by a U.S. government report finding no link between electronics in the company's vehicles and sudden acceleration incidents.