Akio Toyoda
Akio Toyoda, president of Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor and Japan Automobile Manufactures Association (JAMA) chairman speaks before the press in Tokyo on May 13, 2013. JAMA will have the biannual Tokyo Motor Show 2013 from November 22 through December 1 in Tokyo.
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My role is to simply talk with the right side of my brain
We want to think of business not simply for the year ahead, we want to think on a longer time frame, and think about production and business that’s free of currency risks
In the years since my succession as president in June 2009, we have faced many challenges. For Toyota, this was a period of perseverance but also a period of learning through extraordinary and invaluable experiencesMore quotes »
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Can Akio be the Steve Jobs of Lexus?
for his cars. Think Henry Ford, Enzo Ferrari and Soichiro Honda. But the list is overwhelmingly populated by engineers. Akio Toyoda is not an engineer. What he brings to Lexus is a hard-earned reputation as a driver, a man who understands a car's driving dynamics from Automotive News Read more »
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Consumer Reports gives near-perfect score to Tesla Model S
Yamagishi (c) 2013, The Yomiuri Shimbun. Moved: Thursday, May 9, 2013 (MUST CREDIT: Yomiuri Shimbun photo). Toyota President Akio Toyoda arrives for a news conference in Tokyo at which the carmaker projected profit and sales will climb to the highest in six from The Oakland Press Read more »
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Toyota's cost-cutting brings profit
2013, Bloomberg News. Moved: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 (MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg News photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi). Toyota President Akio Toyoda, left, and Executive Vice President Nobuyori Kodaira answer questions from reporters at a new conference Wednesday in Tokyo. from The Delaware County Times Read more »
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Toyota's Comeback Gains Momentum
The U.S. dollar has gained about 20 percent against the yen and is now trading at nearly 100 yen. But Toyota President Akio Toyoda warned competition remains tough, while crediting "Abenomics" as helping automakers like "a wind that's blowing to push us forward." from WalletPop Read more »
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Toyota Surges on Strong Earnings Report
, earlier this year. Toyota's net profit for the full year ended March 31 was 962.16 billion yen, or $9.7 billion. CEO Akio Toyoda attributed the full-year gains to increased sales in North America and Asia and to a global push to control costs and increase from WalletPop Read more »
