TOKYO, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its global production rose for the first time in a year in January.

The world's biggest automaker's global output for January rose 5.6 percent from a year earlier to 781,729 vehicles, marking the highest ever total for the month.

Domestic production jumped 22.3 percent to 265,999 vehicles, offsetting a 1.4-percent decline in overseas production to 515,730 vehicles, Toyota said.

In January, the Japanese carmaker sold 785,632 vehicles worldwide, up 0.1 percent from the same month last year, as a 12.5-percent jump in domestic sales helped balance out a 1.9-percent fall in overseas sales in key international markets.

Global sales for electrified vehicles, including hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles, increased by 18.1 percent to 382,458 units. EV sales alone rose 1.5 times from the previous year to 11,895 cars. Enditem

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