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Toyota

Toyota Motor is the largest carmaker in the world. Founded in 1937, it makes some of the world’s most popular vehicles, including the Corolla and Camry. It also has a luxury brand, Lexus, and majority stakes in truckmaker Hino, compact carmaker Daihatsu, and 16.66 per cent of Fuji Heavy Industries, which makes the popular all-wheel drive Subarus.

Chairman / President

Akio Toyoda

CEO / Managing Director

Koji Sato

CFO / Finance Director

Yoichi Miyazaki

Industry

Automotive

Website

toyota-global.com

Headquarters address

1 Toyota-Cho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture 471-8571, Japan

Stock Code

TYO:7203
LSE:TYT
NYSE:TM

Year founded

1937

Zhu Ziqiang, who has joined Hong Kong Polytechnic University as chair professor of electrical machines and control systems. Photo: Handout

Science

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China-Africa relations

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Electric & new energy vehicles

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Guangzhou-based Pony AI begins output of 1,000 autonomous cabs and targets a 3,000-unit fleet by the end of 2026 as it expands globally.

9 Feb 2026 - 8:28PM

Pony AI is one of three robotaxi firms that have received approval from authorities to operate driverless cabs on designated roads in cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Photo: Handout

TSMC

TSMC Japan plan for advanced chips seen as hedge against pressure from US, China

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China-Latin America relations

Brazil scraps EV tariff break for Chinese carmaker BYD amid pressure from rivals

US, European and Japanese manufacturers combined to lobby for an end to favourable rules for Chinese kit imports.

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China manufacturing

Over 70% of European firms in China review supply chain strategies: survey

The findings show how European firms must maintain a delicate balancing act between China’s tight security and focus on self-reliance.

29 Jan 2026 - 5:50PM

A growing number of European businesses are setting up two separate supply chain systems – one for China and the other for the rest of the world. Photo: Shutterstock

Electric & new energy vehicles

Major foreign carmakers set to stage a comeback in China this year: analysts

Foreign carmakers ‘will fight back because they will have the same products’ as their Chinese rivals, consultancy head Denis Depoux says.

23 Jan 2026 - 10:00AM

Japan

Japan’s fix for a shrinking workforce? Corporate dating apps

Companies like Toyota are playing cupid, betting that matching staff with partners from supportive firms will prevent burnout and resignations.

6 Jan 2026 - 5:04PMvideocam

Autonomous vehicles

Chinese robotaxi firm Pony.ai bets on ‘asset-light’ strategy for growth

Firm sees working with partners as the best way to expand service in the mainland and beyond.

12 Dec 2025 - 8:00PMvideocam

A robotaxi by Pony.ai is parked on a road on November 23, 2025, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images

Japan

Japan’s safe image cracks as car thefts, home intrusions increase

Car thefts have gone up almost 30 per cent from a year earlier while home burglaries have hit a five-year high, police data show.

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A woman looks for her car in a parking lot. Car thefts are on the rise in Japan. Photo: Shutterstock

Electric & new energy vehicles

Volkswagen revs up designed-in-China approach to catch up in EV market

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China economy

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Crime in Hong Kong

Assailant’s mother among 3 held over knife attack on Hong Kong customs officers

Three in custody, including 66-year-old mother of wanted assailant on the run, after attack on customs officers in To Kwa Wan.

10 Nov 2025 - 5:07PM

The To Kwa Wan flat where three customs officers were attacked with a 30cm kitchen knife. Photo: Jelly Tse

Banking & finance

Shanghai to scrap all foreign investment limits on manufacturing

Overseas companies in EVs, telecoms, biotechnology and hospitals to gain full access to the Chinese market, mayor says.

12 Oct 2025 - 8:30PM

Tourists take selfies on the Bund in Shanghai on October 4, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

China-Latin America relations

BYD opens massive Brazil plant, its biggest investment outside Asia

Built on a former Ford site, BYD’s Bahia plant is expected to create 20,000 jobs and cement its 74 per cent share of Brazil’s EV market.

15 Oct 2025 - 9:18AMvideocam

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s EV giants head overseas as domestic price war bites

China’s EV makers ship 2.01 million pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles overseas in the first eight months of the year.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s BYD brings price war to Japan in bid to ignite EV demand

While discounting helped make BYD the most popular EV brand in China, the tactic could backfire in Japan.

29 Sep 2025 - 2:37PM

A BYD dealership is seen on April 4, 2023, in Yokohama near Tokyo. Photo: AP Photo

Electric & new energy vehicles

Pony.ai rolls out driverless robotaxis with ComfortDelGro in Singapore

Pony.ai and ComfortDelGro plan to roll out driverless taxis in Singapore, starting in the Punggol residential district.

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Future of transport

Pony.ai eyes ‘sizeable fleet’ in Hong Kong, unfazed by Tesla robotaxi competition

Pony.ai’s optimism reflects its achievement as the only firm to operate robotaxi services in the mainland’s four most developed cities.

27 Aug 2025 - 7:46AM

United States

Wall Street drifts as global stock markets take Trump’s new tariffs in stride

Worries that Trump’s tariffs are damaging the economy linger, particularly after last week’s worse-than-expected report on the job market.

7 Aug 2025 - 11:07PMvideocam

Market statistics are displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Photo: AFP

China trade

Brazil grants BYD exemption from EV tariff hike, but not for as long as sought

Regulators compromise after other carmakers push back, saying the break would unfairly advantage BYD and might threaten up to 50,000 jobs.

1 Aug 2025 - 3:03AMvideocam

An exhibition area of BYD’s production base in Camacari, Brazil on July 1, when the company held a ceremony marking its first Brazil-made passenger vehicle at its factory there . Photo: Xinhua

Japan

Japan stays on alert for tsunami waves day after massive quake

One woman died while trying to move her car to higher ground.

31 Jul 2025 - 2:02PM

China trade

Brazil weighs BYD tariff break as rivals warn of lay-offs and investment freeze

Chinese EV maker seeks cut while building local plant but other carmakers and regional governors say it could hurt Brazil’s industrial base.

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US-ally trade wars

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Asian firms and governments must stop viewing tariffs as temporary obstacles and start treating them as recurring stress tests.

29 Jul 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

New vehicles are parked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on April 11. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on July 23 said US auto tariffs would be cut to 15 per cent from 25 per cent, after the two countries reached a trade deal. Photo: AFP

Autonomous vehicles

Pony.ai steps up mass production of robotaxis, targets overseas expansion

Co-founder says firm to partner with carmakers GAC, BAIC and Toyota on production, targeting a fleet of 1,000 robotaxis this year.

29 Jul 2025 - 7:30AMvideocam

Pony.ai’s self-driving taxi is seen in Beijing’s Daxing district. Photo: EPA-EFE

Electric & new energy vehicles

Towngas to build hydrogen-powered EV stations amid mixed signals for clean fuel

‘Once our business scales up, the costs of electricity generated from hydrogen will be lower than other green power sources,’ COO Cheng says.

27 Jul 2025 - 2:00PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

BYD outsells Tesla, BMW in Hong Kong’s right-hand drive EV market

Hong Kong sells fewer than 40,000 cars a year, but mainland carmakers consider it the beachhead for breaking into the global right-hand-drive market.

22 Jul 2025 - 10:23PMvideocam

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World-leading EV motor expert joins Hong Kong PolyU after 38 years in Britain

Permanent magnets scientist Zhu Ziqiang is continuing his globally renowned research in his new role.

Has Trump ceded EV market to China with latest string of policy shifts?

How a punt on an unknown Chinese truck manufacturer paid off in South Africa

Pony AI and Toyota roll out robotaxis in China’s autonomous drive push

Guangzhou-based Pony AI begins output of 1,000 autonomous cabs and targets a 3,000-unit fleet by the end of 2026 as it expands globally.

TSMC Japan plan for advanced chips seen as hedge against pressure from US, China

The expanded Japan presence will ensure that some of TSMC’s production is immune from Trump’s on-again, off-again import tariffs.

Brazil scraps EV tariff break for Chinese carmaker BYD amid pressure from rivals

US, European and Japanese manufacturers combined to lobby for an end to favourable rules for Chinese kit imports.

Over 70% of European firms in China review supply chain strategies: survey

The findings show how European firms must maintain a delicate balancing act between China’s tight security and focus on self-reliance.

Major foreign carmakers set to stage a comeback in China this year: analysts

Foreign carmakers ‘will fight back because they will have the same products’ as their Chinese rivals, consultancy head Denis Depoux says.

Japan’s fix for a shrinking workforce? Corporate dating apps

Companies like Toyota are playing cupid, betting that matching staff with partners from supportive firms will prevent burnout and resignations.

Chinese robotaxi firm Pony.ai bets on ‘asset-light’ strategy for growth

Firm sees working with partners as the best way to expand service in the mainland and beyond.

Japan’s safe image cracks as car thefts, home intrusions increase

Car thefts have gone up almost 30 per cent from a year earlier while home burglaries have hit a five-year high, police data show.

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Carmaker says mainland operations can now design and validate new models without approvals from Germany, reducing development time and cost.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Opinion | As China’s tech rises, companies must rethink their R&D strategy

Firms seeking to localise in China must see the country not just as a place to manufacture and sell, but as a co-creator and innovator.

Assailant’s mother among 3 held over knife attack on Hong Kong customs officers

Three in custody, including 66-year-old mother of wanted assailant on the run, after attack on customs officers in To Kwa Wan.

Shanghai to scrap all foreign investment limits on manufacturing

Overseas companies in EVs, telecoms, biotechnology and hospitals to gain full access to the Chinese market, mayor says.

BYD opens massive Brazil plant, its biggest investment outside Asia

Built on a former Ford site, BYD’s Bahia plant is expected to create 20,000 jobs and cement its 74 per cent share of Brazil’s EV market.

China’s EV giants head overseas as domestic price war bites

China’s EV makers ship 2.01 million pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles overseas in the first eight months of the year.

China’s BYD brings price war to Japan in bid to ignite EV demand

While discounting helped make BYD the most popular EV brand in China, the tactic could backfire in Japan.

Pony.ai rolls out driverless robotaxis with ComfortDelGro in Singapore

Pony.ai and ComfortDelGro plan to roll out driverless taxis in Singapore, starting in the Punggol residential district.

Pony.ai eyes ‘sizeable fleet’ in Hong Kong, unfazed by Tesla robotaxi competition

Pony.ai’s optimism reflects its achievement as the only firm to operate robotaxi services in the mainland’s four most developed cities.

Wall Street drifts as global stock markets take Trump’s new tariffs in stride

Worries that Trump’s tariffs are damaging the economy linger, particularly after last week’s worse-than-expected report on the job market.

Brazil grants BYD exemption from EV tariff hike, but not for as long as sought

Regulators compromise after other carmakers push back, saying the break would unfairly advantage BYD and might threaten up to 50,000 jobs.

Japan stays on alert for tsunami waves day after massive quake

One woman died while trying to move her car to higher ground.

Brazil weighs BYD tariff break as rivals warn of lay-offs and investment freeze

Chinese EV maker seeks cut while building local plant but other carmakers and regional governors say it could hurt Brazil’s industrial base.

Opinion | Why Asian exporters can’t afford a passive approach to US politics

Asian firms and governments must stop viewing tariffs as temporary obstacles and start treating them as recurring stress tests.

Pony.ai steps up mass production of robotaxis, targets overseas expansion

Co-founder says firm to partner with carmakers GAC, BAIC and Toyota on production, targeting a fleet of 1,000 robotaxis this year.

Towngas to build hydrogen-powered EV stations amid mixed signals for clean fuel

‘Once our business scales up, the costs of electricity generated from hydrogen will be lower than other green power sources,’ COO Cheng says.

BYD outsells Tesla, BMW in Hong Kong’s right-hand drive EV market

Hong Kong sells fewer than 40,000 cars a year, but mainland carmakers consider it the beachhead for breaking into the global right-hand-drive market.

Opinion | As China’s tech rises, companies must rethink their R&D strategy