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(AFP/File) - The headquarters of Japan's electronics giant Sony Corp. in Tokyo. Japanese authorities have ordered a little known firm to correct its claim that it had bought controlling stakes in a clutch of corporate giants including Sony and Toyota Motor, officials said Monday.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)

(Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp President Katsuaki Watanabe leaves the stage after presenting the iQ concept vehicle during the 40th Tokyo Motor Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo October 24, 2007. An influential automotive publication named Toyota Motor Corp as the world's largest automaker on Thursday after cutting General Motors Corp's reported total 2007 sales at a China venture. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

(AFP/File) - Toyota emblem on a vehicle. Toyota Motor Corp. indicated Thursday its global sales in 2007 were a notch lower than General Motors Corp., which had been widely expected to lose its 76-year crown as the world's top-selling automaker.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)

(AFP/File) - The corporate logo for the General Motors Corp. Toyota Motor Corp. indicated Thursday its global sales in 2007 were a notch lower than General Motors Corp., which had been widely expected to lose its 76-year crown as the world's top-selling automaker.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)

(AFP/File) - Toyota emblem on a vehicle. Toyota Motor Corp. indicated Thursday its global sales in 2007 were a notch lower than General Motors Corp., which had been widely expected to lose its 76-year crown as the world's top-selling automaker.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)

(AFP/File) - The corporate logo for the General Motors Corp. Toyota Motor Corp. indicated Thursday its global sales in 2007 were a notch lower than General Motors Corp., which had been widely expected to lose its 76-year crown as the world's top-selling automaker.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)

(AP) - Michael Hersh, a trust advisor from Huntington Beach, Calif., who spends a lot of time on the road, checks the load space in a Prius gasoline-electric hybrid by placing work materials inside at Power Toyota in Cerritos, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. GM conceded Wednesday that Toyota Motor Corp. pulled even last year, each of them selling about 9.37 million vehicles, in another sign that the balance of corporate power is shifting from West to East. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

(AP) - Michael Hersh, a trust advisor from Huntington Beach, Calif. who spends a lot of time on the road, checks the reclining driver's seat in a Prius gasoline-electric hybrid at Power Toyota in Cerritos, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. GM conceded Wednesday that Toyota Motor Corp. pulled even last year, each of them selling about 9.37 million vehicles, in another sign that the balance of corporate power is shifting from West to East. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

(AP) - A Toyota vehicle, left, is seen at an intersection next to a Saturn vehicle in Detroit, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. General Motors Corp. has lost its 76-year title as the world's sales leader, as totals for 2007 released on Wednesday showed the automaker in a virtual tie with Toyota Motor Corp. GM said it sold 9,369,524 vehicles worldwide last year, up 3 percent from 2006. Earlier this month, Toyota reported global sales of 9.37 million vehicles. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

(AP) - A Toyota vehicle is seen at an intersection next to a GMC vehicle in Detroit, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. General Motors Corp. has lost its 76-year title as the world's sales leader, as totals for 2007 released on Wednesday showed the automaker in a virtual tie with Toyota Motor Corp. GM said it sold 9,369,524 vehicles worldwide last year, up 3 percent from 2006. Earlier this month, Toyota reported global sales of 9.37 million vehicles. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)