Akio Toyoda
Toyota shake-up signals new direction: analysts
Mar 07, 2013 12:15 EST
A management shake-up at Toyota heralds a new era which will force the firm to look beyond the narrow confines of corporate life in Japan and help it in the global marketplace, analysts said on Thursday.
Japan hails EU approval for free trade talks
Nov 29, 2012 22:50 EST
Japan has welcomed the green light given by the European Union to launching negotiations on a massive free trade deal between the two economies.
Toyota inaugurates its third plant in Brazil
Aug 09, 2012 19:02 EDT
Japanese auto giant Toyota inaugurated a $600 million plant in the southeast Brazilian state of Sao Paulo on Thursday, its third in the country, with an initial aim of producing 70,000 cars a year.
Japan's Toyota inaugurates its third plant in Brazil
Aug 09, 2012 13:16 EDT
Japan's Toyota, the world's biggest carmaker, on Thursday inaugurated a $600 million plant in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo, its third in Brazil, with the aim of producing 70,000 cars a year initially.
Toyota announces $495 mn investment in Brazil
Aug 08, 2012 21:11 EDT
Top Japanese automaker Toyota plans to invest $495 million dollars to build an engine plant in Brazil, the company's president said after meeting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
BMW, Toyota to cooperate in fuel cell technology
Jun 29, 2012 07:05 EDT
German luxury car maker BMW and Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. said on Friday they had agreed to extend their recently established collaboration and work together on new technologies such as fuel cells.
Toyota profits tumble in FY2011, pledges recovery
May 09, 2012 03:20 EDT
Japan's Toyota Motor said Wednesday net profit for the year to March fell 30.5 percent to 283.56 billion yen ($3.56 billion), hit by Japan's quake-tsunami disaster and record flooding in Thailand.
World's carmakers woo China despite slowing sales
Apr 23, 2012 05:48 EDT
Major carmakers gathered in Beijing Monday for China's leading auto show, seeking an edge in the world's largest automobile market after a sharp slowdown in growth.
Toyota expects record sales in 2012
Dec 22, 2011 08:18 EST
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor <7203.T> forecast a 20 percent jump in 2012 sales to a record 8.48 million vehicles, as it recovers from output losses caused by natural disasters in Japan and Thailand this year.
After a year of disasters, Toyota sees record sales
Dec 22, 2011 02:56 EST
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp forecast a 20 percent jump in global sales to a record 8.48 million vehicles next year as it claws back from this year's output losses caused by natural disasters in Japan and Thailand.
After a year of disasters, Toyota sees record sales in 2012
Dec 22, 2011 02:39 EST
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp forecast a 20 percent jump in global sales to a record 8.48 million vehicles next year as it claws back from this year's output losses caused by natural disasters in Japan and Thailand.
After a year of disasters, Toyota sees record sales in
Dec 22, 2011 02:14 EST
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp forecast a 20 percent jump in global sales to a record 8.48 million vehicles next year as it claws back from this year's output losses caused by natural disasters in Japan and Thailand.
Cars go green and online as Tokyo Motor Show opens
Nov 30, 2011 03:32 EST
Electric cars with cutting-edge green technology and vehicles remote-controlled by smartphones caught the eye Wednesday at the first Tokyo Motor Show held since Japan's devastating earthquake.
Toyota aims to bring fun back with "86" sports car
Nov 27, 2011 06:06 EST
OYAMA-CHO, Japan (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> unveiled a highly anticipated sports car that it hopes will trigger the rebirth of the company as a maker of "fun" cars that it hasn't been in years.
Japan Inc steps up shift overseas as yen stays high
Nov 18, 2011 03:01 EST
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's big manufacturers led by Panasonic Corp and Nissan Motor Co Ltd are speeding up their shift overseas, in a sign corporate Japan sees the strong yen as a long-term handicap rather than a temporary blip.
Toyota opens new US plant in Mississippi
Nov 17, 2011 13:59 EST
Toyota on Thursday celebrated the opening of an assembly plant in Mississippi with an annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles. It is the Japanese automaker's 14th manufacturing facility in North America.
Flood impact on Honda spreads, Toyota slowly recovers
Nov 10, 2011 09:18 EST
TOKYO (Reuters) - The impact of Thailand's floods on Honda Motor Co <7267.T> extended to a fourth continent even as Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> showed further signs of recovery from the disaster.
Toyota, Mitsubishi to resume Thailand production
Nov 10, 2011 02:03 EST
Japanese auto giants Toyota and Mitsubishi Motor have said they will resume production in Thailand after the country's flood disaster closed factories for more than a month.
Indonesia welcomes Toyota investment
Sep 14, 2011 01:59 EDT
Indonesia has welcomed Toyota Motor's plan to spend $340 million in the country to beef up car production in the country by more than 60 percent.
Toyota looks to regain momentum with new Camry
Aug 23, 2011 19:47 EDT
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Co <7203.T> showed off its all-new Camry on Tuesday, aiming to recover lost sales momentum with price cuts and a high-powered ad campaign for its flagship sedan that remains America's best-selling car.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Akio Toyoda | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 3, 1956 Nagoya, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | Keio University, Faculty of Law MBA, Babson College |
| Occupation | President and CEO Toyota Motor Corporation |
