TOKYO - After four tumultuous years bookended by an unprecedented recall crisis and a return to the top of the global auto industry, Akio Toyoda is refashioning Toyota Motor Corp. into a leaner ...

Why the founding family's name is different from the company name. Feb. 25, 2010 — -- As the recall controversy surrounding Toyota president Akio Toyoda pushes him further into the spotlight, his ...

Akio Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota’s founder Kiichiro Toyoda, has been re-elected to the company’s board. Toyoda survived the election, along with nine other members of the board, despite concerns ...

Nope, it's not a typo in that headline. Toyota, the car company with a "t", was founded by the Toyoda family, with a "d." But according to lore, the name Toyota is luckier than the name Toyoda. Now ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tracing Akio Toyoda's 24-year career at Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> back to its genesis is to witness a carefully drafted roadmap for a climb to the top. His appointment as president ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - His appointment to the top post at Toyota Motor <7203.T> has been compared to the momentous return of imperial rule in Japan in 1867. That's the kind of weight Akio Toyoda will carry ...

Facing an unprecedented slowdown in global car sales, Toyota Motor is trying something it hasn’t done in 14 years: let a Toyoda family member take the top post as company president. Toyota management ...