Exceeded the number of automobiles produced by the United States
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Kiichirō Toyoda
Kiichiro Toyoda was a Japanese engineer and businessman, and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. His decision to change Toyoda's focus from automatic loom manufacturing into automobile manufacturing created what later became Toyota.
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business · Japanese businessman (1894–1952) · entrepreneur · industrialist · also Kiichirō Toyoda, Kiichiro Toyoda, Toyoda
Born 11 June 1894 · Died 27 March 1952 · Q358556
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1957· 1 entry
His cousin and confidant Eiji Toyoda, followed him as head of Toyota Motor Corporation and built upon the late Toyoda's expansion to turn Toyota into a world-class engineering conglomeration
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1952· 3 entries
Toyoda died at the age of 57 after suffering a fall
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Died 1952-03-27.
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“Before you say you can't do something, try it.”
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1950· 3 entries
Kiichiro announced that he would resign as the president to take on this series of responsibilities
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The company announced that it would carry out 1,600 voluntary retirements to the labor union
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Four months after its establishment, Nihon Denso announced a company restructuring plan that included personnel reduction of 473 people
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1949· 1 entry
GHQ issued a "Memorandum on the total removal of restrictions on the production and sale of automobiles"
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1945· 2 entries
Which brought the war to an end on the following day, August 15th in Japan
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The annual production volume was 3275 units, and in the following year, 5821 units
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1941· 1 entry
Kiichiro became president of Toyota Motor Industry
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1940· 1 entry
When Toyota and Nissan could only sell trucks and buses directly to individuals instead of the normal channels
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1939· 1 entry
Automobile industries had to obtain permission from the Minister of Commerce and Industry to sell passenger cars
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1938· 1 entry
The National General Mobilization Law was enacted to maximize the use of human and physical resources
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1937· 3 entries
Toyota Motor Corporation was established and Kiichiro was elected as vice president
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It became independent as Toyota Motor Corporation
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The second Sino-Japanese War broke out and it caused great challenges to the Japanese automobile industry including Toyota Motor Corporation
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1936· 1 entry
It was designated as a licensed company under the Automotive Manufacturing Act
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1933· 2 entries
Toyota Industries Corporation set up an automobile department and began full-scale development of automobiles
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An automobile manufacturing department (later the automobile department) was newly established in Toyota Industries Corporation
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1930· 1 entry
So decided that such a situation would never occur again
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1926· 1 entry
Kiichiro established Toyota Industries Corporation and became its managing director
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1920· 1 entry
Graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, at Tokyo Imperial University
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1918· 1 entry
(Sakichi served as company president from then on)
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1894· 2 entries
Born 1894-06-11.
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In Yamaguchi in the village of Yoshitsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (currently Yamaguchi, Kosai, Shizuoka), the son of Sakichi Toyoda and Tami Sahara
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