A relatively low 71.9 percent of shareholders supported Akio Toyoda, who has faced scrutiny over governance issues, in his bid to remain chairman. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo ...

It's worth noting that Akio Toyoda is 66 now, which means he was also 53 when he began his tenure at the top. Good luck Koji; please give us that Lexus supercar and also the one that looked like a ...

Akio Toyoda's decision to step down after 13 years leading Toyota came as a shock yesterday, as did the replacement he named — 53-year-old Lexus boss Koji Sato.

Toyota’s highest-ranking namesake has a lot to say about the company’s attitude towards high-perforance EVs. As the former President and CEO and now chairman of Toyota’s board, Akio Toyoda ...

Akio Toyoda will hand over his position as president of Japan’s biggest automaker to its top branding officer, Koji Sato. REUTERS “Toyota has spent a decade raising its value as a company, and ...

Akio Toyoda, president and chief executive of Japan's Toyota Motor Corp for nearly 14 years, will resign from the top job in April to become chairman, handing over the reins to the company's top ...

Akio Toyoda appears to be cashing in on his family name to win back trust. The goal: Make a personal connection to safety problems linked to more than 30 deaths in cars made by his company.

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda became a political target last year when he said a “silent majority” in the auto industry questioned whether electric vehicles should be the only ...

Chairman Akio Toyoda recently opened a new Toyota R&D facility with a destroyed GR Yaris rally car behind him. Turns out, Toyoda himself was behind the wheel when it flipped over onto its roof.

In September 2015, three executives walked into the Tokyo office of Toyota Motor Corp.7203-2.35%decrease; red down pointing triangle President Akio Toyoda with a call for a radical change. Toyota ...

As Akio Toyoda climbed the ranks at the automaker his grandfather had founded, many Toyota Motor Corp. managers treated the scion with kid gloves. Not Hiromu Naruse. Naruse, a certified Master ...