TOKYO: Toyota on Wednesday warned that net profit in the current fiscal year would fall by about a third as a stronger yen, and slowdown in Chinese growth and other emerging markets dent its bottom line.

The surprise forecast—marking Toyota’s first profit decline in five years—tipped a 1.5 trillion yen ($13.8 billion) net profit for the year to March 2017.

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