AP: Sales of Toyota’s Prius hybrid in Japan dropped for the first time in 17 months as government subsidies for green cars expired, an auto industry group said Wednesday. Despite the lower sales, the gasoline-electric hybrid was the top-selling car in Japan for the 17th straight month in September, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said. Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s No. 1 automaker, sold 27,249 Prius cars in September, down 14.2 percent from a year earlier. The figure …