Akio Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda, will step down from his roles as president and CEO of Toyota Motor Company, the automaker confirmed Thursday. Toyoda has been at the helm ...

Toyota Motor Co. is established on Aug. 28, 1937, when it is spun off from Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, founded by Sakichi Toyoda, an inventor of textile machinery, including an automatic loom.

Shoichiro Toyoda, who as a son of the company’s founder oversaw Toyota’s expansion into international markets has died. He ...

Shoichiro Toyoda, the son of Toyota's founder, has died at 97. Toyoda was the driving force behind the company’s expansion into international markets. Toyoda, the company's honorary chairman, died ...

Toyoda was the company’s honorary chairman. Toyota Motor Corp. said Toyoda died of heart failure on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported. He was the eldest son of Kiichiro Toyoda who founded the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shoichiro Toyoda, who as a son of the company’s founder oversaw Toyota’s expansion into international markets, has died. He was 97. Toyoda, the company's honorary chairman, died Tuesday ...