TOKYO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Automobile sales in Japan, excluding 660cc minivehicles, rose 24.1 percent in November from a year earlier to 252,236 vehicles, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said on Thursday.
Sales at top-ranked Toyota Motor Corp, excluding the Lexus brand, climbed 24.2 percent, while Nissan Motor Co rose 25.4 percent and Honda Motor Co gained 1.5 percent.
(Reporting by Yoko Kubota; Editing by Joseph Radford)