High value of the yen and intense decline in the US car market became the cause of 41% fall in Nissan half-year profits.
Nissan made a net profit of 126bn yen between April and September, while it was 212bn yen a year earlier.
There was an overall 4.7% rise in sales, but in the US it fell 3.4%.
Nissan, looking ahead, has also warned that its profits for the financial year by the end of March can drop more than two thirds.
The company is expecting a net annual profit of 160bn yen, while it was 484bn yen a year back that is well short of the company’s 340bn yen previous forecast.
