Toyota's profits under pressure as Japanese unions make high pay demands and steel suppliers refuse to lower prices

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Leading Japanese automaker is under pressure to agree to its union's wage demands after forecasting record profit for FY 2013/14

Toyota, arguably the world's largest automaker, faces increasing cost pressures as it negotiates with its 63,000-member labour union over annual wage rises and with steelmakers over steel sheet prices, reports financial daily Nikkei.

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