Toyota Motor Corp chairman Akio Toyoda. — Bloomberg
AT the time when Japan’s auto industry is at a critical juncture, it’s taking an off-road the nation doesn’t have time for.
The country’s carmakers have had their reputations dragged through the mud this week, with Toyota Motor Corp and other firms announcing, following internal investigations sparked by after a similar brouhaha at Daihatsu Motor Co last year, that they had falsified parts of safety- certification tests.
