Toyota Motors' profits plummeted¹ by 77% in the last quarter because of disruption caused by March's earthquake.受三月地震影响，丰田上季度利润暴跌77%

Net profits fell to 25.5bn yen² (£192.7m $315.5m) between January and March, the company said.

But for the fiscal³ year ending in March Toyota's income doubled showing that it had been enjoying a recovery before the quake hit.

The Japanese carmaker announced that production will pick up from June.

Toyota had previously⁴ said that improvements in output wouldn't begin until July.

Toyota and other auto⁵ manufacturers have been dealing⁶ with parts shortages because of the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami⁷ that hit Japan on 11 March.

The world's biggest carmaker has curbed⁸ production at its factories in Japan and overseas.

On Wednesday President Akio Toyoda said he expects the company's car manufacturing in Japan and abroad to recover to 70% of its capacity before the earthquake, in June.

A full recovery is not expected until late this year.