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Toyota Motor Chairman Toyoda at memorial ceremony

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda (R, facing camera) speaks at a memorial ceremony in Tokyo on April 24, 2023, for his father Shoichiro Toyoda, the company's honorary chairman who died of heart failure in February 2023 at the age of 97. Shoichiro Toyoda is considered to have transformed the Japanese automaker into a leading global brand.

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Toyota Motor Chairman Toyoda at memorial ceremony

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda (R, facing camera) speaks at a memorial ceremony in Tokyo on April 24, 2023, for his father Shoichiro Toyoda, the company's honorary chairman who died of heart failure in February 2023 at the age of 97. Shoichiro Toyoda is considered to have transformed the Japanese automaker into a leading global brand.

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Memorial for Toyota Motor honorary chairman

A memorial ceremony is held on April 24, 2023, in Tokyo for Shoichiro Toyoda, the honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. who died of heart failure in February 2023 at the age of 97. Toyoda is considered to have transformed the Japanese automaker into a leading global brand.

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Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor, dies at 97

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda takes the wheel of the first pickup truck rolled out at the company's new plant in Princeton, Indiana, in December 1998. Toyoda, the honorary chairman of Toyota, died of heart failure on Feb. 14, 2023, at age 97.

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Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor, dies at 97

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda speaks during the opening ceremony of the Aichi Expo in March 2005 in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Toyoda, the honorary chairman of Toyota, died of heart failure on Feb. 14, 2023, at age 97.

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Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor, dies at 97

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2023, after Shoichiro Toyoda, the honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., died earlier in the day at age 97.

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Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor, dies at 97

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2023, after Shoichiro Toyoda, the honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., died earlier in the day at age 97.

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Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor, dies at 97

File photo taken in July 2017 shows Shoichiro Toyoda, the honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., who died of heart failure on Feb. 14, 2023, at age 97. He transformed the Japanese automaker into a leading global brand.

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Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, speaks during a news conference in Utsunomiya on June 17, after receiving an apology from the chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa. Sugaya was released earlier this month after 17 years in prison.

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Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, closes his eyes during a news conference in Utsunomiya on June 17, after receiving an apology from the chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa. Sugaya was released earlier this month after 17 years in prison.

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Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, speaks during a news conference in Utsunomiya on June 17, after receiving an apology from the chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa. Sugaya was released earlier this month after 17 years in prison.

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Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - The chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa (R), apologizes to Toshikazu Sugaya (L), 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture. Sugaya was released from 17 years of prison earlier this month.

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Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - The chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa (R), apologizes to Toshikazu Sugaya (2nd from L), 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture. Sugaya was released from 17 years of prison earlier this month.

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Toyota marks 50th anniversary in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addresses a ceremony marking Toyota Motor Corp.'s 50th anniversary in Brazil on Jan. 30. The ceremony was attended by more than 1,000 people including Toyota Motor Corp. Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda.

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Toyota marks 50th anniversary in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Toyota Motor Corp. Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda addresses a ceremony marking its 50th anniversary in Brazil on Jan. 30. The ceremony was attended by more than 1,000 people including Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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17 papermakers falsified recycling data: industry body

TOKYO, Japan - Shoichiro Suzuki (L), chairman of the Japan Paper Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 25. Suzuki said that 17 of the association's 38 member companies had falsely stated ratios of used paper contained in products sold as recycled paper.

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Over 4,000 people, including 57 foreigners, receive decorations

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) awards the Grand Cordon of the Order of Paulownia Flowers, the highest honor in this fall's commemoration, to Shoichiro Toyoda, former president and chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 6 with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda looking on. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Keidanren chief Hiraiwa dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Gaishi Hiraiwa (R), outgoing chairman of the now-defunct Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), shakes hands with incoming Keidanren Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda in a photo taken in May 1994. Hiraiwa died on may 22 at age 92.

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Emperor thanks Aichi Expo organizers

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L), talk to Toyota Motor Corp. Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (R), who served as chairman of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition, at the Imperial Palace on Oct. 2. The Imperial couple invited 38 people involved with the expo to express their appreciation for efforts made for the six-month event that closed Sept. 25. At 2nd from right is Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Pool photo)

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China's Vice Premier Wu in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (R) toasts Japanese industry minister Shoichi Nakagawa (L) and Shoichiro Toyoda (C), chairman of the Japan-China Investment Promotion Organization at the 50th anniversary celebration for the Tokai Japan-China Trade Center in Nagoya on May 18.

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(2)German president visits Aichi EXPO

NAGAKUTE, Japan - German President Horst Koehler (C) is greeted by Shoichiro Toyota, chairman of the 2005 World Exposition, on arrival at the expo site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on April 5.

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(7)Aichi Expo opens

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Shoichiro Toyoda (front), chairman of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition, announces the opening of the six-month exposition at Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 25.

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(1)Aichi world exposition's main pavilion opens

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Shoichiro Toyoda (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition, and other dignitaries take part in a tape-cutting ceremony at the opening of Global House, the main pavilion at the exposition, in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 11. The exposition runs March 25-Sept. 25.

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(2)ITS World Congress begins in Nagoya for weeklong session

NAGOYA, Japan - Shoichiro Toyoda, head of the Japan Organizing Committee of the World Congress on ITS and honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a news conference Oct. 18. The 11th World Congress on ITS began in Nagoya with about 250 companies, universities and government entities from 50 countries participating.

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(2)World Expo pavilions in Aichi handed over to participants

NAGAKUTE, Japan - French Commissioner General Bernard Testu (R), head of the steering committee representing the 122 countries and six international organizations participating in the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, receives the pavilion key from Shoichiro Toyoda, chairman of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition and honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., on Sept. 14. Newly completed pavilions for the World Exposition were handed over to the participating countries and international organizations at a ceremony held in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture.

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Toyota, Guangzhou Automobile form venture to make Camry

GUANGZHOU, China - Toyota Motor Corp. and China's Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. hold a ceremony Sept. 6 to mark the establishment of the joint venture Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co. to make the midsize Toyota Camry sedan and sell the car in China. Among people shown in the photo is Toyota's Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (4th person from the right).

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Sakamoto becomes Aichi Expo vice chairman

NAGOYA, Japan - Harumi Sakamoto (R), who was promoted to vice chairman of the 2005 Aichi exposition on Oct. 28, speaks at a news conference in Nagoya the same day. Sakamoto, formerly the exposition's secretary general, was succeeded by Toshio Nakamura, deputy secretary general. At center is Expo Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda.

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Toyoda to become senior managing director of Toyota

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. will promote Akio Toyoda (in file photo), its managing director and widely expected to become its president in the future, to senior managing director in late June, company officials said April 8. Toyoda, 46, is a grandson of the company's founder, Kiichiro Toyoda, and the eldest son of Shoichiro Toyoda, Toyota's honorary chairman.

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Toyota, 2 firms to set up junior-senior high school

NAGOYA, Japan - (From L to R) Hiroji Ota, chairman of Chubu Electric Power Co., Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., and Yoshiyuki Kasai, president of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announce in Nagoya on Jan. 8 that the three companies have reached a basic agreement to jointly establish a school for junior and senior high school education in central Japan in a few years' time.

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Toyota begins passenger car production in China

TIANJIN, China - Shoichiro Toyoda (C), honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., and Toyota President Fujio Cho (R) tour Tianjin Toyota Motor Co.'s plant on Oct. 8, which has begun producing the Vios compact sedan, the first Toyota-brand passenger vehicle to be built in China.

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18 receive spring awards at Imperial Palace ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) confers a decoration on former Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 8. Toyoda was among the 18 people awarded prizes. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is standing between them.

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Toyota to promote Akio Toyoda to managing director

NAGOYA, Japan - Akio Toyoda (file photo), director of Toyota Motor Corp. and a direct descendant of Toyota's founding family, is expected to be promoted to managing director at a board meeting to be held after a shareholders' meeting in late June. Toyoda, 45, is the eldest son of Shoichiro Toyoda, the company's honorary chairman.

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Iliescu visits Toyota Motor

TOYOTA, Japan - Romanian President Ion Iliescu (C) is greeted by Toyota Motor Corp. Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (L) and President Fujio Cho (R) on arrival at the head office of Japan's biggest automaker in Toyota, central Japan, on Feb. 15.

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Economic Council reflects on slow moves on IT, bubble economy

TOKYO, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) receives a report from Shoichiro Toyoda, chairman of the Economic Council, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 18. In the report, the panel reflected on its delayed moves in dealing with major economic changes, including the information technology (IT) revolution. The panel, which advises the prime minister, compiled the report ahead of its dissolution in a government realignment next month.

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Toyota unveils all-new Mark II luxury sedan

NAGOYA, Japan - Shoichiro Toyoda (L), honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., poses for photographers in Nagoya on Oct. 24 beside the all-new Mark II, one of the automaker's main luxury sedan models designed exclusively for the domestic market.

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Maglev train makes test run

NAGOYA, Japan - Shoichiro Toyoda (R), former President of Toyota Motor Corp. and now head of the organizing body for the planned 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, and Kohei Abe (C), chairman of the Chubu Economic Federation, take a test run on a high-speed magnetically levitated train Oct. 12, as the project's promoters geared up efforts to have the system put into commercial use for the first time in the world. The promoters aim to have the high speed surface transport (HSST) train in operation for the planned world expo in Aichi Prefecture.

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Judo gold medalist Tamura visits Toyota head office

TOYOYA, Japan - Sydney Olympics judo champion Ryoko Tamura poses for photographers at the head office of Toyota Motor Corp. on Oct. 6, flanked by President Fujio Cho (L) and Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (R). Tamura, a Toyota Motor employee, visited the company headquarters in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, to share her joy with company executives and her colleagues.

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First Japan-U.S. sister city conference opens in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - The first meeting of the Japan-U.S. Sister City Conference opens in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 10. The two-day meeting was attended by some 400 officials from 109 local governments in Japan and the United States. Among those attending were Thomas Foley, ambassador to Japan, Shoichiro Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corp.'s honorary chairman, and other political and business leaders.

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Obuchi receives report on new 10-year plan

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) receives a report on guidelines for long-term policies to address fundamental economic and social issues facing Japan from Shoichiro Toyoda, chairman of the Economic Council, an advisory panel to the prime minister, at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on July 5.

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Toyota names Cho as new president

Toyota Motor Corp. announces April 13 the appointment of Fujio Cho (C) to succeed Hiroshi Okuda (L) as company president. Cho, 62, currently Toyota's vice president, will assume the presidency in late June, following approval by the automaker's board of directors after an annual shareholders meeting. Okuda, 66, will become chairman, replacing Shoichiro Toyoda (R), 74, who will become Toyota's honorary chairman.

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Economic Council proposes making new economic plan

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (R), head of the Economic Council, submits on Dec. 21 a report Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) at the prime minister's official residence. The report stressed the need of working out a new economic plan for Japan.

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Toyota chief tests new pickup

Shoichiro Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., waves to photographers Dec. 10 in Toyota's new full-size truck model at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc., the fourth North American factory for Toyota Motor.

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Imai becomes Keidanren chairman

Takashi Imai (2nd from L), chairman of Nippon Steel Corp., assumes the chairmanship of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) on May 26, replacing Shoichiro Toyoda (far R), chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. The photo shows Imai and Toyoda shaking hands at a general meeting of Japan's largest business body at the Keidanren Kaikan Building in downtown Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Japan's Shoichiro Mukai (white) and Germany's Eduard Trippel compete in a men's 90-kilogram class match of the judo mixed team quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics on July 31, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Krisztian Toth of Hungary (white) competes against Japan's Shoichiro Mukai in the third round of the men's judo 90-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Krisztian Toth of Hungary (white) competes against Japan's Shoichiro Mukai in the third round of the men's judo 90-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Krisztian Toth of Hungary (white) competes against Japan's Shoichiro Mukai in the third round of the men's judo 90-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Japan's Shoichiro Mukai looks dejected after losing to Krisztian Toth of Hungary in the third round of the men's judo 90-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Japan's Shoichiro Mukai looks dejected after losing to Krisztian Toth of Hungary in the third round of the men's judo 90-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Toyota, Guangzhou Automobile form venture to make Camry

GUANGZHOU, China - Toyota Motor Corp. and China's Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. hold a ceremony Sept. 6 to mark the establishment of the joint venture Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co. to make the midsize Toyota Camry sedan and sell the car in China. Among people shown in the photo is Toyota's Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (4th person from the right). (Kyodo)