TOKYO (Reuters) -Honda Motor reported a 50% drop in first-quarter operating profit on Thursday, as a stronger yen and the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs took a toll on its results.

Japan's second-biggest carmaker said quarterly operating profit totalled 244.2 billion yen ($1.66 billion) in the April-June period, compared to the average estimate of 311.7 billion yen in a poll of seven analysts by LSEG.

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