Profit and sales revenue rose in the first nine months of Japanese carmaker Honda Motor’s financial year compared to the same period of the previous year. In addition, Honda Motor said on Thursday it expects an improvement in its annual results. For the nine-month period, the automaker reported a net income of 924.691 billion yen ($6.219 billion), or 176.78 yen share, compared with 633.874 billion yen, or 114.13 yen per share, reported for the same period of the previous year. Pre-tax income was at 1.264 trillion yen as against last year’s 859.377 billion yen. Operating income climbed to 1.076…