THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
The Prius gas-electric hybrid vehicle is assembled at Toyota Motor Corp.'s Tsutsumi plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, in 2009. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Toyota Motor Corp. on Nov. 14 notified the transport ministry of safety recalls for a record 1.52 million passenger vehicles across 13 models, including the Prius and the Corolla, in Japan.