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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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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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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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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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(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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(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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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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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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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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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)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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 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. ==Kyodo

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Economic Council proposes making new economic plan

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (R), head of the Economic Council, submits 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. ==Kyodo

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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. (Kyodo)

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(2) Eiji Toyoda

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. Eiji Toyoda (R) and Toyota President Shoichiro Toyoda (L) shake hands with Roger Smith, chairman of General Motors, after the two carmakers announced a joint venture deal. The photo was taken at a Nagoya hotel on April 19, 1984. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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)(Kyodo)

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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)(Kyodo)

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Toyota Motor's honorary chairman

Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., addresses a ceremony in Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2017, that commemorated Sakichi Toyoda, Shoichiro's grandfather who was born in the city and who founded the Toyota group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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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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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Toyoda honored by Spain

TOKYO, Japan - Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. and former president of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), poses for pictures at the Spanish Embassy in Tokyo on March 23 after being honored by the Spanish government with the Medal of Queen Isabel for his contribution to building ties between Spain and Japan.