Tokyo, Mar 4 (EFE).- Japanese vehicle manufacturer Toyota Motor resumed production Monday in all of the country's plants, which had been affected by interruptions since late January due to irregularities in several of its subsidiaries.

Toyota still had two production lines stopped at two of its plants in central Japan, meaning that as of Monday, all 14 domestic assembly facilities are fully operational again for the first time since these irregularities came to light.

These consisted of the manipulation of data on performance and quality by Toyota Industries Corporation, a manufacturer of engines and heavy machinery from Toyota Motor, and by mini-vehicle producer Daihatsu, also a subsidiary of the company.

Irregularities forced the two subsidiaries to partially or totally paralyze their production and stop their shipments, which also had repercussions for Toyota's factories and marketing of vehicles, which have components from those two subsidiaries. In the case of some models, they are entirely assembled by Daihatsu.

Due to this scandal, the manufacturer reduced its sales forecast for the current fiscal year, which will end at the end of this month, from 11.38 million to 11.23 million vehicle units.

The case led Akio Toyoda, Toyota board of directors president, to apologize in public and promise firm and quick measures to prevent irregularities related to the technical data of its vehicles from occurring again, which have been affecting various Japanese manufacturers in the last years.

Toyota CEO Koji Sato announced in mid-February a restructuring of Daihatsu's management leadership to avoid repeating problems and reform the organization and business culture in the company.

Toyota is the world leader in the automotive industry by sales volume. Despite the impact on its production and sales of vehicles, Toyota Motor expects to make a record net profit of JPY4.5 trillion ($29.94 million) for the fiscal year. EFE

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