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Honda's cumulative motorbike output tops 300 mil. units

FUKUOKA, Japan - Takanobu Ito (4th from L in front row), president of Honda Motor Co., poses with other executives and workers of the Japanese automaker during a ceremony held at its plant in Ozu, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 25, 2014, to mark the cumulative production of Honda motorcycles topping 300 million units.

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Honda's cumulative motorbike output tops 300 mil. units

FUKUOKA, Japan - Takanobu Ito, president of Honda Motor Co., address a ceremony at its plant in Ozu, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 25, 2014, to mark the Japanese automaker's cumulative production of motorcycles topping 300 million units.

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Honda to launch new Legend sedan in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Takanobu Ito, president of Honda Motor Co., stands by the company's new Legend sedan on Nov. 10, 2014, in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The redesigned Legend, already rolled out in North America under the name the Acura RLX in 2013, will be launched in Japan in January.

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Honda's hatchback model unveiled at Beijing auto show

BEIJING, China - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito takes the wraps off a prototype hatchback model the Japanese maker has developed for the Chinese market at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition on April 20, 2014.

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Honda starts running new Mexican plant in full swing

CELAYA, Mexico - Takanobu Ito (2nd from L), president of Honda Motor Co., attends a ceremony marking the start of full-scale operations at Honda's new Mexican plant in Celaya, Guanajuato, on Feb. 21, 2014. The plant, capable of making up to 200,000 Fit compacts and other vehicles per year, is expected to help Honda expand exports from Mexico to its free trade agreement partner the United States and to a number of Latin American countries.

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Honda's Vezel

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito stands by the automaker's new compact sport utility vehicle "Vezel" unveiled in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013, a day before the launch of the hybrid model in the Japanese market.

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Abe in automated driving car

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sits in the front passenger seat during a trial ride in an automated driving vehicle of Honda Motor Co. in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2013. Honda President Takanobu Ito is sitting in the back seat.

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Indonesia auto show

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito (L) stands by the Mobilio, a seven-seater minivan to go on sale in January 2014, as the 21st Indonesia International Motor Show 2013 opens in Jakarta on Sept. 19, 2013.

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Honda to start selling fully-renovated Fit hybrid

URAYASU, Japan - Takanobu Ito, president of Honda Motor Co., unveils a fully-renovated version of the Fit hybrid (C) in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 5, 2013. With a fuel efficiency of 36.4 kilometers per liter, it is the most fuel-efficient car among gasoline-electric hybrids sold in Japan, apart from plug-in hybrids.

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Honda to start selling fully-renovated Fit hybrid

URAYASU, Japan - Takanobu Ito, president of Honda Motor Co., answers a reporter's question after unveiling a fully-renovated version of the Fit hybrid in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 5, 2013.

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Honda to start selling fully-renovated Fit hybrid

URAYASU, Japan - Takanobu Ito, president of Honda Motor Co., unveils a fully-renovated version of the Fit hybrid in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 5, 2013. With a fuel efficiency of 36.4 kilometers per liter, it is the most fuel-efficient car among gasoline-electric hybrids sold in Japan, apart from plug-in hybrids.

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Ceremony for Honda's new plant in Thailand

PRACHINBURI, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) and Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito attend a groundbreaking ceremony for Honda's new plant in Prachinburi Province, eastern Thailand, on July 10, 2013.

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Ceremony for Honda's new plant in Thailand

PRACHINBURI, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L) and Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito attend a groundbreaking ceremony for Honda's new plant in Prachinburi Province, eastern Thailand, on July 10, 2013.

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Honda unveils Accord hybrid

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses in front of the Accord hybrid vehicle in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. The new sedan vehicle, featuring a fuel efficiency of up to 30.0 kilometers per liter, will be launched the following day.

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Honda unveils Accord hybrid

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a press conference to unveil the Accord hybrid vehicle in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. The new sedan vehicle, featuring a fuel efficiency of up to 30.0 kilometers per liter, will be launched the following day.

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Honda unveils Accord hybrid

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a press conference to unveil the Accord hybrid vehicle in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. The new sedan vehicle, featuring a fuel efficiency of up to 30.0 kilometers per liter, will be launched the following day.

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Honda announces Formula One comeback

TOKYO, Japan - Martin Whitmarsh (far L), chief executive officer of McLaren Group Ltd., and Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito shake hands before the media at Honda's headquarters in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. Ito announced the automaker will return to Formula One racing in 2015 as an engine supplier, teaming up with former partner McLaren of Britain.

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Honda announces Formula One comeback

TOKYO, Japan - Martin Whitmarsh (L), chief executive officer of McLaren Group Ltd., and Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito shake hands at a press conference at Honda's headquarters in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. Ito announced the automaker will return to Formula One racing in 2015 as an engine supplier, teaming up with former partner McLaren of Britain.

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Honda announces Formula One comeback

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. Ito announced the automaker will return to Formula One racing in 2015 as an engine supplier, teaming up with former partner McLaren of Britain.

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U.S. motor show

DETROIT, United States - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito (L) and Executive Vice President Tetsuo Iwamura give a media interview in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 14, 2013, where the annual North American International Auto Show opened the same day.

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Honda Motor president

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks during an interview with Kyodo news in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2012. Ito said the company is eyeing boosting production capacity in emerging Asian countries to help achieve its goal of doubling global auto sales to more than 6 million units in the five years through fiscal 2016.

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Motor show in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito stands by the "FIT twist," which was developed exclusively for the Brazilian market, in unveiling the FIT derivative model at a motor show in Sao Paulo on Oct. 22, 2012. The show opened the same day and will run through Nov. 4.

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Honda breaks ground for new automobile plant in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Takanobu Ito, president of Honda Motor Co., speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the company's new four-wheel vehicle plant on the outskirts of Jakarta on June 4, 2012. The Karawang plant will produce small Brio cars and other vehicles targeting Indonesia and other ASEAN markets.

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Beijing auto show

BEIJING, China - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at the 2012 Beijing auto show in Beijing, China, on April 23, 2012.

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Honda breaks ground for new Mexico factory

CELAYA, Mexico - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito (2nd from R) shakes hands with Mexican President Felipe Calderon during a groundbreaking ceremony for the automaker's new factory near Celaya in central Mexico on March 28, 2012.

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Honda President Ito in interview

CELAYA, Mexico - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito is interviewed in Celaya, central Mexico on March 28, 2012.

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Honda NSX hybrid concept car

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito stands by the carmaker's NSX hybrid concept car at the company's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012.

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Honda President Ito in interview

DETROIT, United States - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Detroit on Jan. 9, 2012. Honda is introducing new vehicles at the North American International Auto Show in the U.S. city, opening to the media on Jan. 9 and 10 and to the general public Jan. 14 to 22.

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Auto show in Detroit

DETROIT, United States - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito unveils the automaker's NSX hybrid concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 9, 2012.

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Honda's Fit Shuttle

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito stands beside the Fit Shuttle, the automaker's new compact wagon model, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on June 16, 2011. The Fit Shuttle, the first new model to be launched by Honda since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, hit the market the same day.

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Honda's motorcycle plant in India

ALWAR, India - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito (C) attends the opening ceremony of a motorcycle plant in Alwar district of Rajasthan, India, on June 1, 2011. It is the Japanese automaker's second motorcycle plant in India.

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Honda aims to double minicar sales

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2011. Ito said the automaker aims to almost double its minivehicle sales to 300,000 units in the next five years.

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Honda tests practicality of EVs, plug-in-hybrid

SAITAMA, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito (L) and Saitama Gov. Kiyoshi Ueda shake hands in front of an electric vehicle in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 20, 2010. Honda, in cooperation with the prefectural government, began practicality tests of its EVs, plug-in-hybrid cars and other next-generation vehicles in the prefecture.

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Honda to lease electric scooter to firms

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses aboard the EV-neo electric scooter in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2010. Honda plans to lease the scooters to designated companies from Dec. 24 to collect data before launching the model for the general market.

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Honda's Brio prototype for Asian markets

BANGKOK, Thailand - Takanobu Ito (2nd from R), president of Honda Motor Co., unveils a prototype of the Brio subcompact targeting Asian markets in Bangkok on Nov. 30, 2010. Honda plans to start selling the car in Thailand and India in 2011.

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Honda President Ito in interview

LOS ANGELES, United States - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks during an interview on Nov. 17, 2010, in Los Angles, California. Ito said Honda will commit to developing an electric version of the Fit, with the aim of setting a reasonable price for consumers.

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Fit's electric version unveiled

LOS ANGELES, United States - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito shows off an electric version of the Fit compact car at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 17, 2010.

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a ceremony on the debut of a hybrid model of its popular Fit subcompact in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2010. Ito said the automaker hopes the launch of the 1.59-million-yen gasoline-electric car, the cheapest in Japan of its kind, will help hybrid vehicles become more popular.

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses beside a hybrid model of the automaker's popular Fit subcompact in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2010, after releasing the gasoline-electric vehicle the same day at the price of 1.59 million yen, making it the cheapest model of its kind in Japan.

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses beside a hybrid model of the automaker's popular Fit subcompact in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2010, after releasing the gasoline-electric vehicle the same day at the price of 1.59 million yen, making it the cheapest model of its kind in Japan.

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Ultrasound sonic system

OTSU, Japan - Ritsumeikan University associate professor Takanobu Nishiura gives a briefing on a system developed by his team to use ultrasound loudspeakers to bounce music off the walls of a room at the university's campus in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Honda to sell plug-in hybrids, electric cars in 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a press conference in the city of Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 20, 2010, to announce that the Japanese automaker will begin selling plug-in hybrid cars and battery-powered electric vehicles in Japan and the United States in 2012.

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Honda launches world's 1st hybrid sports car

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito stands by the automaker's CR-Z, the world's first hybrid sports car, during a presentation in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2010.

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Japan's ski jumpers get pepped ahead of Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ski jumpers for the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games (from L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Daiki Ito and Takanobu Okabe, pose during a pep rally in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010, ahead of their participation in the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

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Japanese Winter Olympic delegation launched

TOKYO, Japan - Seiko Hashimoto(L), head of the Japanese delegation for the Vancouver Winger Olympic Games, speed skater Tomomi Okazaki (C), Japan flag bearer at the Olympics, and ski jumper and Japan captain Takanobu Okabe pose during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, after a ceremony to officially launch the delegation.

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Japanese Winter Olympic delegation launched

TOKYO, Japan - Takanobu Okabe (C), a ski jumper and Japan captain for the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, with Seiko Hashimoto (L), head of the Japanese delegation for the Olympics, and speed skater and Japan's flag bearer Tomomi Okazaki listening to him. Earlier in the day, a ceremony to officially launch the delegation took place.

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Japanese Winter Olympic delegation launched

TOKYO, Japan - Speed skater Tomomi Okazaki, Japan's flag bearer at the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, holds up the delegation flag during a ceremony to officially launch the delegation for the Olympics at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, with ski jumper and Japan captain Takanobu Okabe standing by her side.

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Honda releases roomier, fuel-efficient Step WGN minivan

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito stands by a newly-released roomier and fuel-efficient Step WGN minivan in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2009. Honda aims to boost domestic sales by expanding its lineup of its increasingly popular energy-saving models.

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Honda's new automatic transmission for Cub scooters

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito shows off the company's new automatic transmission mechanism (R) for CV Matic motorcycles at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2009, planning to install it in Cub-style scooters to be rolled out in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia in 2010. Ito also unveiled the world's first Dual Clutch Transmission (L) for use in motorcycles.

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Veteran ski jumper Okabe wins World Cup event in Finland

KUOPIO, Finland - Gold medalist Takanobu Okabe of Japan (C) is flanked by silver medalist Simon Ammann of Switzerland (L) and bronze medalist Adam Malysz of Poland on the podium during the award ceremony for the FIS World Cup Ski Jumping event in Kuopio, Finland, on March 10. Okabe became the oldest man to win a World Cup ski jump event at 38 years and four months.