Toyota Motor Corporation - Toyota Motor Corporation

Japanese: トヨタ自動車[株] - トヨタじどうしゃ

The world's top automobile manufacturer and Japan's largest company in terms of sales. It was separated from Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (now Toyota Industries Corporation) in 1937 and has grown rapidly since the 1950s. It handles all vehicle models and sold 8,972,000 units worldwide in 2008, overtaking General Motors of the United States to become number one in global market share. It has companies under its umbrella including Hino Motors, Daihatsu Motor, Toyoda Auto Body, and Denso. In 1982, it merged with Toyota Motor Sales, changing the name of Toyota Motor Corporation to Toyota Motor Corporation. In addition to partnering with General Motors of the United States, it has also built factories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, China, Eastern Europe, and other countries. It acquired Daihatsu Motor in 1998 and Hino Motors in 2001 as subsidiaries. In 2004, net profits exceeded 1 trillion yen, and profits continued to grow after that, but in 2008, the global recession triggered by the US financial crisis and the sudden appreciation of the yen hit the company hard, causing a significant drop in sales and forcing it to cut production all at once, resulting in the company's first deficit in 58 years. This was called the Toyota Shock because of its scale and impact. Furthermore, in March 2010, quality issues with Toyota vehicles emerged in the US, triggered by a defect in the electronic brake control of the Prius hybrid car, and at a US congressional hearing, President Toyoda Akio and others were severely criticized for concealing defects and delaying recall responses, and the US Department of Transportation imposed a fine of 1.5 billion yen, the largest in history. Toyota was forced to carry out a large-scale recall of several car models, which was a major blow to Toyota, which had risen to the top of the world with its reputation for good technology and quality. Toyota is being forced to fundamentally reconsider its overall management strategy. Head office in Toyota City, factory in Toyota City, etc. The company's capital in 2011 was 397 billion yen, and its sales for the fiscal year ending March 2011 were 18,993.6 billion yen. Its net income for the fiscal year was 408.1 billion yen. The sales breakdown (%) was automobiles 91%, finance 6, and other 3.
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Japanese:

世界トップの自動車メーカーで，売上高で日本最大の企業。1937年豊田自動織機製作所（現豊田自動織機）から分離，1950年代から急成長した。全車種を手がけ，2008年は世界で897万2000台を販売，世界シェアで米国ゼネラル・モーターズを抜いて一位となった。日野自動車，ダイハツ工業，豊田車体，デンソーなどの諸会社を傘下にもつ。1982年トヨタ自動車販売を合併，トヨタ自動車工業をトヨタ自動車と改称。米国ゼネラル・モーターズと提携するほか，米国，カナダ，英国，中国，東欧などにも工場を建設。1998年ダイハツ工業を，2001年日野自動車を子会社化。2004年，純利益が１兆円を超え，その後も拡大路線で利益拡大を続けたが，2008年，米国の金融危機に端を発する世界同時不況と急激な円高の直撃を受けて大幅な売上げ減少，一気に生産削減に追い込まれ，58年ぶりに赤字転落し，規模と影響力の大きさからトヨタショックと呼ばれた。さらに，2010年３月，米国で，ハイブリッドカー・プリウスのブレーキ電子制御の欠陥問題に端を発したトヨタ車の品質問題が浮上，米議会の公聴会で豊田章男社長らが，欠陥隠しやリコールの対応の遅れなどを厳しく追及され，米国運輸省に過去最大といわれる15億円の制裁金を課せられた。トヨタ複数の車種で大規模なリコールを余儀なくされ，技術と品質の良さを看板に世界一の座についたトヨタにとって大きな打撃となった。経営戦略全般の抜本的な見直しを迫られている。本社豊田市，工場豊田市ほか。2011年資本金3970億円，2011年３月期売上高18兆9936億円。当期純利益4081億円。売上構成（％）は，自動車91，金融６，その他３。
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