Former Toyota president Eiji Toyoda passed away today at the ripe old age of 100. Born Sept. 12, 1913, Toyoda (a cousin of Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda), began working for Toyota Motor Company in ...

Eiji Toyoda, a family scion who spearheaded Toyota Motor Corp.’s aggressive push into the U.S. auto market, has died. He was 100. Toyoda, a cousin of the Japanese automaker’s founder Kiichiro Toyoda, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Eiji Toyoda, who helped steer Toyota Motor Corp's global rise and pioneered the automaker's vaunted production system, died on Tuesday, the Japanese automaker said. He was 100. TOKYO ...

Eiji Toyoda, who led Toyota’s charge into the U.S. market while he was president of Toyota Motor from 1967 to 1981 and still held the title of “ultimate adviser” when he died of heart failure at 100 ...

Eiji Toyoda, who spearheaded Toyota Motor Corp.'s expansion in the U.S. as the automaker's longest-serving president, has died. He was 100. Toyoda died at 4:32 a.m. Tuesday of heart failure at Toyota ...

TOKYO -- Eiji Toyoda, who spearheaded Toyota Motor Corp.'s expansion in the United States as the automaker's longest-serving president, has died. He was 100. Toyoda died Tuesday, five days after his ...

TOKYO (AP) - Eiji Toyoda, a member of Toyota's founding family who helped create the super-efficient "Toyota Way" production method, has died. He was 100. Toyoda, a cousin of the Japanese automaker's ...

People around the world drive Toyotas--and produce them too. A textile-factory boy is the industrial wizard who made it happen Eiji Toyoda smiles as he recalls the early days: "When I went to Detroit ...

TOKYO -- Eiji Toyoda, a member of Toyota's founding family who oversaw the automaker's global ascent and helped drive a revolutionary production process, died today at the age of 100, the company said ...

TOKYO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Eiji Toyoda, who helped steer Toyota Motor Corp's global rise and pioneered the automaker's vaunted production system, died on Tuesday, the Japanese automaker said. He was ...