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TOYOTA

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2013
Toyota going for looks, lean output
Having drawn lessons from a series of predicaments since the 2008 global economic crisis, Toyota Motor Corp. is focusing on lowering production costs worldwide and improving its competitiveness in design as overseas competition builds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 4, 2013
Altima tops Camry in hot U.S. midsize market
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry in March ceded its rank as America's best-selling midsize car for the first time in 17 months, slipping behind Nissan Motor Co.'s Altima and losing share to Honda Motor Co. and Ford Motor Co. models.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 3, 2013
Toyota president looking to reorganize corporate structure
Toyota President Akio Toyoda has said he will accelerate structural reform of the automaker to improve operations and boost profitability.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2013
New SUVs, luxury cars shown off in New York
Japanese carmakers are showcasing their sport utility vehicles and luxury cars at the annual New York International Auto Show, which opened Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2013
Yen fall worrisome, Ford CEO says
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said he is concerned that the depreciation of the yen is bolstering the competitiveness of Japanese carmakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 13, 2013
Carmakers cite Abe in bonus pay decisions
Major automakers fully accept their unions' bonus requests for fiscal 2013 amid growing expectations of earnings recoveries on the back of the yen's depreciation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2013
Toyota Aqua stays best-selling car for fifth month
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid hatchback remained the nation's top-selling car for the fifth straight month in February, selling 24,526 units, up 11.7 percent from a year earlier, industry bodies said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Dec 18, 2012
2012: The year in gear
From innovative cars and cameras to phone-controlled appliances, the best of Japan's gadgets and gear in 2012.
Reader Mail
Jun 21, 2012
What 'international outcry'?
The June 17 Page 2 article "Oi decision draws international outcry" is very interesting with regard to the disparity between the headline and the body of the article.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 29, 2012
Toyota's resurgence may hinge on retooling ties with parts suppliers
Battered by the yen's historic ascent and the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Toyota Motor Corp. took big hits to both consolidated revenue and earnings in the year that ended in March.
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2012
Toyota to up exports from North America
Toyota Motor Corp. will use its North American plants as a bigger source of vehicle exports in a bid to blunt the impact of the rising yen, according to Yoshimi Inaba, chief operating officer for the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 4, 2011
Japan Inc. puts on its social game face
Big corps are getting playful and social while testing the waters of the big Facebook pond.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2011
Toyota may boost carmaking overseas as yen causes 'difficult time'
Toyota Motor Corp. may expand production outside Japan as the yen's gains on currency markets reduce earnings.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2006
Toyota to double engines in Fukuoka
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to invest some 20 billion yen to double engine production capacity to some 400,000 units per year at its engine plant in Kanda, Fukuoka Prefecture, sources said Wednesday.

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