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Podcast: レアジョブ英会話 Daily News Article Podcast
Episode: Profit at Japan’s Honda doubles on healthy global auto and motorcycle sales
Description: Honda reported that its April-June profit more than doubled on healthy sales of its motorcycles and cars, as the Japanese company also received a perk from favorable exchange rates.
Quarterly sales jumped 21% to 4.6 trillion yen ($32 billion). Honda’s financial service division also reported growing sales.
Honda, which makes the Fit subcompact, Honda electric car and Gold Wing motorcycle, said its profitability improved, especially in North America, where production recovered.
Automakers around the world were slammed by supply shortages because of production delays related to social restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But such restrictions have eased, allowing production to pick up...