Eiji Toyoda, who helped steer Toyota’s rise, dies at 100

 

TOKYO, Oct 2:  Eiji Toyoda, who helped steer Toyota Motor Corp’s global rise and pioneered the automaker’s vaunted production system, died yesterday, the Japanese automaker said. He was 100. Toyoda, cousin of the automaker’s founder, died of heart failure in Toyota City, the company said in a statement.  (agencies)

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