The Wall Street Journal picked Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., as one of 12 Corporate Executives to Watch Next Year on Friday, saying that 2012 may be a “make or break year” for the chief of Japan’s top automaker.
In its Asian edition for Friday to Monday, the U.S. business daily noted that Toyoda has pledged to keep producing 3 million vehicles in Japan annually at a time when its domestic rivals are rushing to move production offshore to offset the strong yen.
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