TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Toyota Motor Corp. is to recall its 2010 Prius model in the United States over fault with brakes, Kyodo News reported Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The automaker said last week that it would start recalling the same model in Japan from early this week.

The brake problem is thought to affect about 270,000 Prius that were sold in the U.S. and Japan starting last May, including 100, 000 units in the U.S. A further 40,000 have been sold in around 60 other countries.

A Toyota Prius vehicle is pictured parked at a dealership in Crissier near Lausanne February 7, 2010. Toyota, which has recalled more than 8 million vehicles around the world for problems with unintended acceleration, has decided to recall its new Prius hybrid in Japan to fix a braking software glitch, a dealer said Sunday

Toyota has already recalled about eight million vehicles with faulty accelerator pedals.

Toyota president Akio Toyoda has publicly apologized for the massive recall.