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Toyota’s Prius tops Japan car sales for 15th month

Toyota’s Prius tops Japan car sales for 15th month Prius tops Japan car sales for 15th month, bringing Toyota hybrid sales in Japan to a million Read more on Bay News 9 Tampa Bay
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Toyota Recalls About 92,000 Cars In Japan

Toyota Recalls About 92,000 Cars In Japan Toyota begins recalling more than 90,000 luxury Lexus and Crown vehicles in Japan as part of a global recall over defective engines — the latest setback for the automaker beset with quality problems. Read more on KITV Honolulu
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Toyota Motor Corp. recalls nearly 92,000 vehicles in Japan over engine troubles

Toyota Motor Corp. recalls nearly 92,000 vehicles in Japan over engine troubles TOKYO – Toyota on Monday began recalling more than 90,000 luxury Lexus and Crown vehicles in Japan as part of a global recall over defective engines — the latest setback for the automaker beset with quality problems. Read more on Brandon Sun
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Toyota to Build Hybrid Parts Plant in Japan

The Toyota Motor Corp. said last Friday that it plans to build a new factory in Fukuoka in southwestern Japan to produce components for gas-electric hybrid vehicles. Toyota, which leads the market in hybrid sales, said it plans to acquire about 340,000 square meters of land there and put production lines for hybrid parts together [...]
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Toyota Launches 2nd-generation Voxy and Noah in Japan

Here is something for Japanese auto enthusiasts who look for practicality and convenience in vehicle models. Toyota Motor Corporation has recently launched the redesigned models of the Voxy and Noah compact MPV in Toyota dealerships all over Japan. These two models has already gained popularity from Japanese customers since its first launch last 2001. [...]
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Toyota Is Hot In Us And Japan

Major car manufacturer Toyota has produced car models that have consistently ranked high in both the US and Japan market, specifically with regard to the Toyota Camry and the remodeled Toyota Corolla. While the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling car in the United States for the past four years (2002-2005), back in Japan [...]
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Japan Reacts to Toyota Uproar

The Japanese government often allows Japanese corporations to tackle their problems in private. But the uproar over Toyota has the Japanese government listening. Celia Hatton reports.
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Politics › LaHood’s Japan trip to focus on Toyota safety, high-speed rail system

Politics › LaHood’s Japan trip to focus on Toyota safety, high-speed rail system U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Saturday he will visit Japan this summer for talks with Toyota executives about the sudden acceleration problem plaguing some… Read more on Japan Today
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Japan Hopes Toyoda Can Burnish Toyota’s Image

Japan Hopes Toyoda Can Burnish Toyota’s Image Japan looking to Toyota’s president to burnish battered image of carmaker in the US Toyota – Japan – Asia – United States – United States House of Representatives Read more on ABC News
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Sources: Toyota to recall Prius hybrid in Japan

Sources: Toyota to recall Prius hybrid in Japan Tokyo, Japan (FT) — Toyota is to issue a formal recall in Japan of its latest-model Prius petrol-electric hybrid, and may do the same in the US and other markets, following complaints about problems with its brakes, people close to the situation said. Read more on CNN
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