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Toyota President Akio Toyoda has promised to launch a global quality task force to rein in the explosion of recalls that are hammering the company’s reputation and sales.

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Toyota President Akio Toyoda apologized for safety problems that have left the Japanese carmaker “in crisis” as the group considered a second recall — this time over the brakes on some Prius hybrids.

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Akio Toyoda believes firmly in the value of genchi genbutsu, the Toyota Motor Corp. doctrine of going on site to see for yourself.

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Akio Toyoda has appointed himself supreme automotive taste tester for Toyota Motor Corp., a kind of master chef overseeing ingredients that go into the automaker’s vehicles.

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Akio Toyoda has appointed himself supreme automotive taste tester for Toyota Motor Corp., a kind of master chef overseeing ingredients that go into the automaker’s vehicles.

Tags: Akio Toyoda, Automaker, Excitement, Master Chef, Taste Tester, Toyota, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp

Akio Toyoda believes firmly in the value of genchi genbutsu, the Toyota Motor Corp. doctrine of going on site to see for yourself.

Tags: Akio Toyoda, Boss, Genchi Genbutsu, Toyota, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda is rewriting his U.S. playbook to revive battered sales and a tattered image.

Tags: Akio Toyoda, Hybrids, New Trucks, Toyota, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp, United States

Toyota President Akio Toyoda said that the money-losing automaker is and#8220;grasping for salvationand#8221; as it struggles to return to profit.

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Toyota President Akio Toyoda said that the money-losing automaker is and#8220;grasping for salvationand#8221; as it struggles to return to profit.

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New Toyota President Akio Toyoda has abandoned the goal of grabbing a 15 percent share of the global market as part of a back-to-basics focus on quality over quantity.

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Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda said today the automaker hopes to make a decision soon on whether to shutter a California plant it has shared with General Motors for the past 25 years.

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With Toyota Motor Corp. reeling from North American losses, newly installed President Akio Toyoda has ordered his new top U.S. executives to skew the product lineup toward small cars, cut prices and streamline decision-making.

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Akio Toyoda, the new president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world’s biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane.

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Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world’s biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane.

Tags: Akio Toyoda, Carmaker, Dilemma, Fast Lane, Toyota, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp

Akio Toyoda, the new president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world’s biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane.

Tags: Akio Toyoda, Carmaker, Dilemma, Fast Lane, New President, New Toyota, Toyota, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp

Akio Toyoda, the new president of Toyota Motor Corp., wants speedy reforms at the world’s biggest carmaker, but many want him out of the fast lane.

Tags: Akio Toyoda, Carmaker, Dilemma, Fast Lane, New President, New Toyota, Toyota, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp

Akio Toyoda, the new head of Toyota Motor Corp., warned today the auto industry faces two years of tough times as he outlined his strategy to make the company founded by his grandfather profitable again.

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Akio Toyoda was approved as the new president of Toyota Motor Corp. today as part of a top management shuffle that elevates a veteran executive to head North American sales.

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Toyota Motor Corp. confirmed Akio Toyoda as its new president on Tuesday, promoting the grandson of the company’s founder to guide the world’s No. 1 automaker through the worst downturn in its history.

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Akio Toyoda, scion of Toyota Motor Corp.’s founding family and now its next president, will bring fresh thinking and U.S. perspective to the world’s top carmaker as it fights an unprecedented financial crisis.

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The grandson of Toyota Motor Corp.’s founder is considered the most likely candidate to take over as president of the company next year, according to numerous media reports in Japan and the U.S.

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The grandson of Toyota Motor Corp.’s founder is considered the most likely candidate to take over as president of the company next year, according to numerous media reports in Japan and the U.S.

Tags: Akio Toyoda, Japan, media reports, Toyota, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp, United States, Watanabe