Toyota raises full-year operating profit outlook by 11.8%

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor raised its full-year operating profit forecast on Friday, as it expects a weak yen and cost reduction efforts to lift its results.

The world's biggest automaker now expects operating profit of 3.8 trillion yen ($24.26 billion) for the year to the end of March, up 11.8% from its previous outlook of 3.4 trillion yen.

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(Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Christopher Cushing)