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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Table of Contents
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5 Long-term Strategy
9 Eco-car Strategy: Electrifi cation
12 Connected Strategy: Information
15 Automated Driving and Utilizing AI: Intelligence
18 At a Glance
19 History
20 Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
22 Corporate Philosophy
23 Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA)
26 Taking on the Future
Mirai Creation Fund, Partner Robots
28 Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050
30 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Toyota Mobility Foundation, Social Contribution Activities
32 Employees
35 Corporate Governance
38 Risk Management
39 Compliance
40 Financial Information
40 Financial Strategy
42 Financial Results and Position
49 Non-Automotive Businesses
Financial Services, Housing Services
50 Corporate Information and Stock Information
Table of Contents
Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Message from the President
Sharing
Our Passion to
Create the Future
Ma king Ever-better Cars and Human Resource Development:
The Forces That Power Sustainable Growth
The net losses recorded after the global fi nancial crisis and the
Europe. Beginning with 80 participants in Australia, a total of
series of recall issues that began in the United States taught us an
approximately 500 people (including the European leg this year)
important lesson. We at Toyota learned the hard way that even
have now participated over the project’s four years.
rapid growth, if not built on a solid foundation, can ultimately fail to
serve the interests of stakeholders when it leads to rapid downturn.
Below are a few remarks from participants.
To do right by our customers, investors, and other stakeholders,
els on cars that had cleared internal standards on test courses
I believe that we must build Toyota into a company that can sus-
sometimes began to grate. It really brought home that some things
tainably grow in any environment. We must manage it so that, like
don’t come across through data alone.”
a tree, the Company will grow larger and stronger over time, add-
“In North America, we met people who live in places where having
ing new growth rings year by year so that it can bear abundant
a breakdown can be a life-or-death situation. For them, a car that
“On long-distance drives in real-world use environments, noise lev-
fruit in the future.
won’t break or fail is an absolute necessity. I want to always
remember that for customers, cars function as partners that they
At the fi nancial results press conference in May this year, I said that
trust with their lives and livelihoods.”
I want the current fi scal year to be one in which we take a critical
“The experience made me painfully aware of the limits of my
look at our true selves and do everything we can to improve our
knowledge about cars. Working in an administrative division,
competitiveness. By competitiveness, I do not refer only to quanti-
I can’t engage with a car the way an engineer can, but the things I
fi able things, like costs and productivity. It is crucial that we
learned about what people think when driving were very valuable.
improve the intangibles that make us competitive, by, for example,
These two weeks changed my professional life.”
developing human resources who are passionate about making
ever-better cars and making the world a better place and who
There are a few things I always tell participants after they come back.
work to make constant improvements based on Genchi Genbutsu
“You’ve driven the actual roads. You’ve had conversations. You’ve
(onsite, hands-on experience).
experienced the road, the cars, and the people who use them with
your own senses. You’ve talked about these things and more with
The Five Continents Drive Project is one initiative aimed at human
your companions there using whatever knowledge of the local lan-
resource development. Project participants drove across Australia
guage you had. That’s the kind of situation where the true essence
in 2014, then the Americas, divided into North America in 2015
of things emerges. Sometimes, the essence gets across best
and Latin America in 2016. In 2017, they are driving across
when you have limited words to express it. So, don’t rely solely on
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Message from the President
data. I want you to take what you felt with your own senses, take
Then, they are coming back to work, telling their junior colleagues
the true essence of things, and use it to make ever-better cars. We
about their experiences, and applying those experiences in their
need you to help break down walls that Toyota itself has built.”
own work. The road teaches the people, and the people make the
cars. I hope that more and more of our colleagues will come to
We’ve started a virtuous cycle. Participants are driving the same
understand this process at a visceral level.
roads as our customers, engaging with the cars and with the road.
Taking on the Future
In the near future, cars are expected to connect with people and
What made me think that we ought to work with Dr. Pratt, made
communities and take on new roles as part of the social infrastruc-
me want to work with him, was not just that he is an amazing
ture. New areas, such as AI, automated driving, robotics, and con-
researcher and engineer, but because I believe that his goals and
nected cars, are becoming especially important, and it is no longer
motivations are the same as ours.
enough to focus just on developing excellent cars and technolo-
gies or to carry on sales and service in the same old ways.
As we aim for the mobility society of the future, we are headed into
unknown territory, seeking to ascend as-yet unconquered peaks.
To take on a new breed of initiatives, we therefore felt it crucial to
To climb these uncharted mountains, new technologies and the
form a new team, rather than use previous frameworks. Accordingly,
Sherpas who know the paths will be indispensable. Dr. Pratt
in January 2016, we established Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
agreed to be our Sherpa. This is what I told him: “Your compan-
(TRI), welcoming Dr. Gill Pratt as its CEO.
ions at Toyota are right behind you, sharing your goals and start-
up mindset. And, I’m right there at the front of them. So don’t
I fi rst met Dr. Pratt in August 2015.
worry, and take the path you believe in.”
I asked him, “Why do you want to work with Toyota?”
His response was very simple.
No one knows when we’ll reach the summit we’re seeking, or
“I want to eliminate the everyday tragedy of traffi c accidents and
even if we’re on the right path. What I do know is that only those
contribute to making society better.”
who reach the summit can see the opportunities that lie beyond.
At the press conference announcing TRI’s establishment, he added to
this, saying “I think Toyota will contribute to society by transforming
In addition to TRI, we are actively collaborating and allying with
from a successful hardware company to a new company by inte-
other companies and partners in other industries, chiefl y in new
grating software technologies; this is why I joined Toyota.”
business areas. By humbly learning from these new partners and
combining our strengths, we are endeavoring to make the mobility
society of the future better, looking 10 and 20 years down the line.
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Message from the President
Leading the Way Forward with Passion and a Start-up Mindset
This year marks Toyota’s 80th anniversary. Toyota’s earliest roots
all areas of human transportation, working always from a desire to
are in automatic looms. Back then, I doubt that anyone could have
make transportation itself an exciting, moving experience.
predicted that an automatic loom company would evolve to make
automobiles.
Lastly, I’d like to conclude with a few things that I believe.
I believe growth must be sustainable.
Today, we are faced with a number of new rivals. We share with
I believe if you do the right thing, the money will follow.
them the start-up mindset of wanting to make the world a better
I believe we have to earn our customers’ smiles every day and
place. Just as no one could have foreseen Toyota’s evolution, no
exceed their expectations.
one knows what businesses will give rise to the mobility of the
I believe there is no “best,” only “better.”
future. What I can say for certain, however, is that the next forms
I believe we are a company of dedicated, passionate people that
that mobility takes will be created by those with an outstanding
can accomplish anything.
passion to make the world a better place.
And, I believe Toyota will continue to constantly strive to improve
We want to make ever-better cars.
We want to make sure that cars remain a beloved form of mobility,
Thank you for your continued confi dence and support.
the lives of customers and society as a whole.
no matter how they evolve.
We want to make our mobility society better and better.
October 2017
I am confi dent that no one wants these things more than we at
Toyota. I also believe that we cannot build the future by ourselves.
Having operated this long in the auto industry, working with vast
networks of companies, we deeply understand the need for part-
ners who share our aspirations. Rather than taking an adversarial
stance, we want to form ties with a wide range of new partners to
work with shared passion to create the future.
I want Toyota to be not just an automotive company, but a human
movement company. “Move” refers not just to transportation, but
also to inspiring deep emotion or excitement. We intend to take on
Akio Toyoda
President, Member of the Board of Directors
Toyota Motor Corporation
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
The Changing Business Environment and the Expansion of Mobility Value
The current pace and scale of structural change in
In this time of immense change, Toyota is taking
Toyota aims to provide value related to social infra-
move about freely and enjoyably and by providing
society and industry are unprecedented. Values and
a brand new approach, imagining the world in 2030
structure by achieving zero life cycle CO2 emissions
services optimized to individual lifestyles.
lifestyles are diversifying, while environmental prob-
in order to create value propositions from a long-term
from its vehicles to help create a sustainable world,
Going forward, Toyota will create a sustainable
lems and a wide range of social issues, such as
perspective.
eliminating causalities from traffi c accidents, and
future mobility society by working hand-in-hand
urbanization, are growing more pronounced. At the
Today, Toyota provides customers with the value of
improving transportation effi ciency through the com-
with partners across industry lines to provide broad-
same time, innovation is driving rapid technological
mobility through cars. Going forward, in addition to
bined transport of people and things.
ranging value that exceeds customer expectations.
development in such areas as information, intelli-
evolving this value as provided through cars, we plan
We seek to expand the value we provide into the
gence, the Internet of Things (IoT), and robotics.
to expand it in the directions of social infrastructure
area of personal living by working to help all people
and personal living.
Business Environment Changes
The Expansion of Mobility Value
Individual desires/
Societal demands
Lifestyle changes
Environmental problems
Urbanization
Technological
innovation
Intelligence
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Sharing
Helping all people
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and enjoyably
Contributing to
the creation of
sustainable society
Combined transport of
people and things
Personal mobility
More entertaining
transportation spaces
Customization to
suit individual
lifestyles
Zero life cycle CO2
Fully automated
driving
Big data/AI
Personal concierge
Zero causalities from
traffic accidents
Creating opportunities
for outings
Social
infrastructure
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Alleviating traffic
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Augmenting body
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Health support
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
Focused on the Mobility of the Future
Making Ever-better Cars and Our Strategic
Shift toward Electrifi cation, Information,
and Intelligence Technologies
Based on the Toyota
Global Vision, announced
in March 2011, Toyota
strives to implement a
positive cycle of making
ever-better cars that
exceed customer expec-
tations, enriching lives of
communities, being
rewarded with the smiles
of customers and commu-
nities, and thus reinforcing
Shigeki Terashi
Executive Vice President,
Member of the Board
of Directors
its stable base of business in order to grow sustain-
ably in concert with society. As it faces the greatest
changes to the automobile in a century, Toyota’s
long-term strategy is to advance management based
on its vision of the future mobility society of 2030.
Since the birth of the automobile in the 18th centu-
ry, the mobility of people and things has increased
dramatically. Today, it is possible to provide conve-
nient transportation to virtually anywhere at any time.
The development of mobility has underpinned eco-
nomic growth and the development of society and
culture. The heart of this evolution has been the
steady improvement of vehicle performance, safety,
and convenience.
Now, changes driven by innovation in automated
driving technologies that employ artifi cial intelligence
(AI), connected car technologies, robotics, and other
areas are on the verge of linking cars, people, and
social infrastructure in new ways, transforming indus-
try, society, and the very ways we live.
We believe that our customers today greatly enjoy
car ownership—they feel attached to their cars and
appreciate car design and the fun of driving. However,
with environmental and resource-related problems
growing more severe, cars are increasingly being seen
as emblematic of pollution and the waste of energy
and resources.
The technologies driving the rapid changes in the
business environment surrounding cars, such as
electrifi cation, connected systems, and AI, have the
potential to provide never-before-seen value. They
are also driving the provision of social value by, for
example, helping to eliminate traffi c accidents and
environmental burden. Going forward, the costs
associated with these technologies, such as those of
enhancing functionality to meet needs related to
environmental regulations, automated driving tech-
nology, and connected technologies, may signifi cant-
ly impact our businesses. However, mobility services
and connected services that utilize such technologies
also present opportunities to create new revenue
models. Based on this understanding, we believe
that Toyota must now endeavor to both make ever-
better cars in order to sustain and enhance the auto-
mobile manufacturing business, its current mainstay,
and shift to new business models for the future.
To make ever-better cars, we are striving to
enhance the specifi c appeal of each type of car,
whether it be a Lexus, part of our GR sports car
series, or a Land Cruiser, clearly defi ning the role and
key characteristics of each. By doing so, we provide
value in the form of uniquely Toyota cars that will be
cherished and appreciated by customers for years
and years. At the same time, by making a strategic
shift toward electrifi cation, information, and intelli-
gence to build new business models, we are
expanding our range of business.
In these ways, we will not only continue to evolve
our existing car manufacturing business, but expand
the scope of innovation to encompass social plat-
forms that meet society’s needs and technological
platforms, such as AI, that extend beyond cars. By
doing so, we aim to provide broad-ranging value that
exceeds customer expectations as we work to cre-
ate the mobility society of the future.
There is a limit to what Toyota can do to provide
such future value. To blaze the trail toward a new
mobility society, we must fi nd partners who share our
aspirations and will inspire us to continue pushing
forward while cooperating and competing with play-
ers in other industries.
Toyota’s Goals
Development Aimed at both Axes of Making Ever-better Cars and Shifting to New Business Models
Making Ever-better Cars
Strategic Shift toward Electrifi cation, Information,
and Intelligence to Build New Business Models
Toyota
Global Vision
Reinforcing new
value creation
capabilities
Safety and
peace of
mind
Developing Toyota
by taking on
the future
Sustainable
growth
Waku-doki
(excitement and
exhilaration that
wows you)
Environmental
sustainability
Customers’
smiles
Toyota
today
Strengthening true
competitiveness to
lay a foundation for
steady growth
Steadily strengthening
our foundation
(Creative, advanced
technologies)
Ever-better cars
Beloved cars
Enhancing cars’
appeal
(The fun of driving)
(More-than-adequate QDR*)
Environmental
sustainability
* QDR: Quality, durability, and reliability
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Safety and peace
of mind
Intelligence
Automated driving
AI
People
Electrifi cation
EV/FCV
(HV/PHV)
Information
Connected
technology
Big data
Waku-doki
(excitement and
exhilaration that
wows you)
Table of Contents
Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
Focused on the Mobility of the Future
Eco-car Strategy: Electrifi cation
Toyota is exploring all available options in powertrain
development. We believe that we can build a highly
energy effi cient mobility society by allowing govern-
ments and markets to select the cars best suited to
regional energy and infrastructure conditions and
allowing customers to choose the cars with the spe-
cifi c characteristics best suited to their needs.
For the time being, the further development of
technologies for conventional engines, which are still
the mainstream, is a practical, highly realistic way to
help reduce CO2 emissions. At the same time, we are
working to develop and increase the use of fuel cell
vehicles (FCVs), the ultimate eco-cars, and advancing
other initiatives in coordination with diverse stakehold-
ers to realize our goal of establishing a low-carbon
society that uses hydrogen. We are also accelerating
the development of electric vehicles (EVs), another
zero-emission vehicle option. To this end, we have
established the EV Business Planning Department
and a business and capital alliance with Mazda Motor
Corporation, launching a new company to implement
joint technological development.
Toyota boasts a wealth of accumulated know-how
regarding vehicle electrifi cation technology and com-
mercialization that dates back to the launch of the
Prius 20 years ago. We will continue to advance ini-
tiatives to accelerate our technological development
and further reduce CO2 emissions.
Connected Strategy: Information
Big data collected from cars will enable a wide range
of new mobility services, such as accident and
breakdown prediction, the generation of dynamic
maps using probe data (vehicle tracking information
generated using GPS), and agent functions to help
users drive safely and comfortably.
Aiming to build new business models, Toyota is
shifting toward a focus on electrifi cation, intelligence,
and information, and has created what it calls
Connected Strategy. The three pillars of this strategy
are as follows. 1. Connect all cars to build a data col-
lection platform, 2. Utilize big data to revolutionize
Toyota’s business, and 3. Collaborate with partners
in various other industries and IT companies to pro-
duce new mobility services.
We aim to combine Toyota’s strengths—such as
know-how developed in the automobile manufactur-
ing business and contact with customers through
sales of more than 10 million vehicles annually—and
the strengths of companies in other industries,
including IT. By doing so, even as car usage shifts
from ownership toward service-based models, we
are working to create a safe, convenient, and excit-
ing future mobility society by providing customers
with appealing services.
Automated Driving and Utilizing AI: Intelligence
Toyota’s overall development philosophy for auto-
mated driving technology is the Mobility Teammate
Concept, an approach built on the belief that people
and vehicles can work together in the service of safe,
convenient, and effi cient mobility.
We believe that it is essential that we develop auto-
mated driving technology to be human-centric and,
above all, safe. In addition to sophisticated safe driving
assistance, we are developing automated systems
that can perform full-time dynamic driving. At the
same time, by utilizing our advanced safety technolo-
gy know-how, we are working to promote the rapid
uptake of new safety technologies in the market.
Toyota has established Toyota Research Institute,
Inc., with Dr. Gill Pratt, one of the world’s foremost AI
researchers, as its CEO, and set up a related venture
capital fund. Through these efforts, we are accelerat-
ing initiatives in such areas as automated driving, AI,
and robotics.
Toyota believes that safe, fun automated driving
technologies will expand freedom of movement for
all, bringing cars and people even closer together,
such that cars will continue to be loved by people.
More details Electrifi cation, information and intelligence, p. 9–17
Advancing Our Business Structure
Toyota is working to enhance its true competitive-
ness, particularly in the automobile manufacturing
business, and shifting to new business models. In
line with these strategies, we are advancing initiatives
focused on ensuring ongoing growth 10 years from
now, 20 years from now, and beyond. Seeking to
break free of the restraints of Toyota’s existing con-
ventions and rules, we have started from scratch,
focusing on the future as we set about to advance
business innovation. Ongoing growth will be impossi-
ble unless we overcome the major issues created by
Toyota’s expansion. Today, Toyota makes and sells
more than 10 million automobiles annually. To survive
at this scale, we are establishing new ways of oper-
ating to achieve the following two targets.
(cid:129) Develop a suffi cient number of people who can
lead with quick judgment, quick decisions and
quick action based on Genchi Genbutsu (onsite,
Toyota’s Business Innovation Concept
Our ideal
Ambitious
target
setting
Initiatives that
break from
convention
Today
Previous methods
10 years in the future,
20 years, and beyond
hands-on experience), because the changes the
company faces require new ways of thinking
and acting
(cid:129) Reduce the time and effort consumed by cross-
functional coordination and establish work pro-
cesses that allow us to focus on making
ever-better cars
One of Toyota’s traditional strengths has been the
process by which its experts on each function and
process engage in thorough discussion to fi nd opti-
mal solutions. However, before we began our current
efforts to advance business innovation, overemphasis
on function-based logic and reasoning had become a
weakness, leaving Toyota unable to make quick deci-
sions in response to a rapidly changing environment.
Toyota regards the changes it has been making as
opportunities. We seek to take on new challenges,
unrestrained by existing approaches and remember-
ing always that there are better methods waiting to
be discovered.
Making Ever-better Cars and
Developing People
Toyota has revised its internal organization a number
of times to enhance true competitiveness and pro-
mote sustainable growth.
In 2011, we adopted a system of autonomous
region-based management, stationing the chief offi cers
responsible for each region in their respective regions to
ensure operations are more closely linked with local
communities. In 2013, we adopted the Business Unit
System, under which we organized workfl ows by busi-
ness model. Through these efforts, we made progress
toward achieving management closely rooted in local
areas and speedy product development.
At the same time, however, it became clear that
even with these changes, Toyota’s ways of operating
were still basically extensions of the old forms, and
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Intelligence
Focused on the Mobility of the Future
thus carried with them the same problems—
coordination across functions and decision making
were taking too long.
In April 2016, we adopted a new system with
smaller business units organized around products,
aiming to dissolve the barriers between functions,
reduce the need for cross-unit coordination, speed
up decision making, and better link all the work we
do to making ever-better cars while developing
human resources to support that goal.
Specifi cally, we concentrated our forward-looking
R&D and production engineering teams within the
Advanced R&D and Engineering Company and estab-
lished four vehicle-based companies specializing in
compact cars, mid-size cars, commercial vehicles
(CVs), and the Lexus brand. We furthermore concen-
trated powertrain component-related operations in the
Powertrain Company and connected technology-
related operations in the Connected Company.
The new product-based companies serve to remove
all barriers between functions, consolidating the entire
process from planning to production under the authority
and responsibility of a single leader and providing all
necessary business functions within a compact struc-
ture for streamlined, integrated operations.
Toyota also reorganized its head offi ce, which is
responsible for corporate functions. We established
the Corporate Strategy Division, charged with formu-
lating long-term strategy for ongoing growth, and the
Frontier Research Center, responsible for actively
incorporating insight from outside the Company to
create the technologies and businesses of the future
from a long-term, society-oriented perspective.
Continuing our business innovation efforts, we
established the EV Business Planning Department in
December 2016. Then, in January 2017, we created
the Emerging-market Compact Car Company, aiming
to bring highly competitive ever-better cars to market
based on Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.’s approach to
manufacturing affordable, high-quality products.
In this way, we set up the EV business as an internal
start-up under the direct control of the president. This
too was in order to make a clean break from old hab-
its and establish fast ways of operating to help drive
Toyota’s overall efforts to advance business innovation.
In April 2017, a year after transitioning to the new
system, in line with our ongoing Company-wide busi-
ness innovation efforts, we established the GAZOO
Racing Company, aiming to leverage our accumulat-
ed motor sports know-how to develop and release
cars that offer customers true Waku-doki (excitement
and exhilaration that wows you). We also consolidat-
ed our regional business units into the Business
Planning & Operation Unit, unifying region-based
operations to facilitate cooperation with the product-
based companies.
The new framework has enabled the consolidation
of responsibility and authority in the company presi-
dents, helping to speed decision making.
Furthermore, the new framework has helped us oper-
ate with a greater awareness of the entire car manufac-
turing process. This has brought to light previously
unnoticed issues, and better positioned us to fl exibly
change organizational frameworks going forward.
Toyota is stepping up its competitiveness by
making ever-better cars while making a strategic
shift toward electrifi cation, information, and intel-
ligence to advance initiatives aimed at expanding
future mobility value. To achieve the goals of our
long-term strategies, we are developing human
resources and revamping internal structures and
advancing business innovation while reinforcing
alliances with a wide range of partners, including
those in other industries. Looking at the enor-
mous changes surrounding cars as opportunities,
Toyota is steadily advancing toward the creation
of a better mobility society.
Business Unit Presidents
Didier Leroy
Kiyotaka Ise
Kazuhiro Miyauchi
Moritaka Yoshida
Keiji Masui
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Table of Contents
Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
Eco-car Strategy: Electrifi cation
Toyota considers responding to environmental issues a top management
priority and has long endeavored to contribute to the realization of a sus-
tainable mobility society. To this end, we have taken on tremendous
challenges, resulting in, for example, the release of the world’s fi rst mass-
produced hybrid vehicle, the Prius, in 1997, and a fuel cell vehicle, the
Mirai, in 2014.
Nevertheless, severe heat, heavy rainfall, drought, and other extreme
weather phenomena attributable to climate change caused by rising lev-
els of greenhouse gases continue to threaten livelihoods around the
world. Furthermore, the world’s reserves of oil, the main energy source
that powers cars, are not infi nite. In response to these circumstances, in
2015, Toyota unveiled the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, starting
work on six challenges aimed at not only eliminating CO2 emissions, but
making a net positive impact on the planet and society.
The fi rst of the six challenges is the New Vehicle Zero CO2 Emissions
Challenge, under which we aim to reduce global average new vehicle
CO2 emissions by 90% from Toyota’s 2010 global level. Toyota is devel-
oping and promoting the use of a variety of eco-cars to help achieve the
Paris Agreement* goal of keeping global warming below 2°C.
* The Paris Agreement, reached in December 2015, was negotiated at the 21st yearly session of
the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, held in Paris. The agreement set the long-term goal of limiting global warming
to well below 2°C compared with pre-industrial levels and calls for net zero anthropogenic
greenhouse gas emissions to be reached during the second half of the 21st century.
Toyota’s Environmental Technology Strategy
Toyota believes that it is vital to pass down to the next generation the
gains in the mobility of people and things achieved thus far by global
mobility society while also addressing climate change and the uncertain
future of petroleum resources. We are therefore focusing efforts on
developing eco-cars that save energy and use diverse fuels while also
promoting their widespread use. Automotive fuels can be produced by
processing a variety of primary energy resources. By developing different
powertrains optimized for a range of such fuels, Toyota is working to
save energy and respond to fuel diversifi cation.
As illustrated in the chart entitled “Alternative Fuel Comparison” on the
next page, there are multiple alternatives to petroleum, each with its own
pros and cons. Similarly, energy policy varies by country and region.
Toyota is advancing development on all fronts, including hybrid vehicles
(HVs), plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs), fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), and electric
vehicles (EVs). Each type of eco-car has a unique set of characteristics.
By enabling customers to pick eco-car that is right for them, we believe
that we are helping to build a highly energy-effi cient mobility society.
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Toyota’s stance on keeping global warming below 2°C
(Message from the President, Environmental Report 2017)
Automotive Fuels and Powertrain Diversifi cation
Primary energy sources
Automotive fuels
Powertrains
Petroleum
Natural gas
Coal
Biomass
Uranium
Hydro, solar, and
geothermal power
Gasoline
Diesel
Natural gas-based fuels
Synthetic liquid fuels
Biofuels
Electricity
Hydrogen
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Toyota is developing a range of eco-cars
to suit diverse customer lifestyles and
regional needs based on the idea that eco-
friendly vehicles can best help protect the
environment if they are in widespread use
Toyota’s cumulative global hybrid vehicle sales surpassed
10 million in January 2017
Promoting the development of cars that
use alternative fuels
(electricity, hydrogen, etc.)
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
Eco-car Strategy: Electrifi cation
Accelerating Electrifi cation Initiatives
Toyota is advancing development on all fronts, with a particular focus on
electric and hydrogen power, which it views as especially promising
approaches to fuel diversifi cation. FCVs offer convenience on par with
conventional gasoline vehicles in terms of cruising range and refueling
time. Moreover, hydrogen can be produced from a wide variety of mate-
rials and used for a wide range of applications. And, while EVs currently
face hurdles due to battery limitations, namely cruising range and charg-
ing time, they offer the advantages of being chargeable at home and
requiring only relatively simple infrastructure development. Policies and
regulations aimed at promoting the use of zero-emission vehicles are
developing rapidly around the world. Toyota believes that it is therefore
necessary to advance the development of eco-cars in a way that is
responsive to the energy challenges and infrastructure of each country
and region as well as the ways customers use vehicles.
We take such an approach with EVs, one zero-emission vehicle
option; at the end of 2016, we set up the EV Business Planning
Department as an internal start-up aimed at creating and releasing prod-
ucts based on the market characteristics of individual countries and
regions. Aiming to quickly bring EVs to market, the new department is
amassing a wide range of technological know-how and resources from
the Toyota Group, such as those of Toyota Industries Corporation, Aisin
Seiki Co., Ltd., and DENSO Corporation, working within a small
corporate structure to advance development at a speed not seen before.
We entered a business and capital alliance with Mazda Motor Corporation
toward the goal of making more-appealing cars, announced in August 2017.
One aim of this alliance is joint development of technologies for electric cars.
Demand and expectations for EVs are growing worldwide. Details are yet to
be determined, but Toyota and Mazda are considering the joint development
of technologies for the basic structure of competitive electric vehicles. These
technologies will enable rapid, fl exible response to changing regulations and
market conditions. To the extent necessary for the joint development of EVs,
we aim to combine the strengths of both companies and freely share know-
how related to EVs in order to nimbly and effi ciently respond to diffi cult-to-
predict changes in the EV market during the development period. In addition,
in late September 2017, Mazda, Denso, and Toyota signed a joint technology
development agreement related to basic structural technologies and estab-
lished EV C.A. Spirit Corporation to facilitate said development.
Toyota’s Corolla Hybrid and Levin Hybrid, equipped with hybrid units pro-
duced in China, have been well received in the Chinese market. We intend to
release plug-in hybrid variants of the Corolla and Levin in this market in 2018
and are considering plans to introduce EVs within a few years.
The development of both EVs and FCVs presents opportunities to
leverage Toyota’s electrifi cation technologies, which have been honed by
its extensive know-how and experience regarding hybrid technology, one
of Toyota’s core technologies.
As our competitors also accelerate their electrifi cation initiatives, we
expect that competition to procure onboard batteries will intensify.
Among secondary batteries, which can be repeatedly charged and used,
lithium ion batteries offer the best performance in terms of power and
energy per unit mass and volume. Toyota developed the world’s fi rst
method for observing the behavior of lithium ions contained in lithium ion
batteries’ electrolyte solution during charging and discharging. This is
expected to lead to new insights in research and development aimed at
improving battery performance and durability, helping to enhance the
cruising distance and battery life of PHVs and EVs.
Lithium ion batteries employ fl ammable organic solvents, so they must
be built to prevent leaks. Given this, Toyota is advancing R&D aimed at
creating a solid-state battery that will serve as a high-performance, next-
generation battery. In addition to R&D conducted by our own dedicated
internal R&D divisions, we are working with universities and other
research organizations in this area.
Building a Low-carbon Society
Spurred by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, further develop-
ment toward the creation of a hydrogen society is expected in the coming
years. Toyota seeks to contribute to this development. Since the 2014
release of the Mirai, Toyota has continued to focus on technological
Alternative Fuel Comparison (at present, in Japan)
Choosing the Right Eco-car for the Job
Hybrid Technology for Next-generation Eco-cars
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Hydrogen
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
Eco-car Strategy: Electrifi cation
development related to FCVs, working with numerous important stake-
holders, including policy makers, infrastructure- and energy-related
industry bodies, international organizations, and citizen groups, as it
steadily implements a wide range of initiatives aimed at the overarching
goal of building a low-carbon society.
Infrastructure is essential to the widespread adoption of FCVs. In
Japan, the government’s Council for a Strategy for Hydrogen and Fuel
Cells has compiled a Strategic Road Map for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells,
laying out goals for public-private initiatives, aiming, for example, to
establish 160 hydrogen stations and have 40,000 FCVs on the road by
2020. Based on this roadmap, an all-Japan consortium led by 11 com-
panies, including Toyota and other automotive and energy companies,
has begun work aimed at accelerating the full-scale strategic construc-
tion of hydrogen stations. A memorandum of understanding to this effect
was signed in May 2017.
Furthermore, Toyota participates in the Hydrogen Council, a global ini-
tiative promoting a united vision and long-term goals for the transition to
new energy using hydrogen (launched in January 2017). The Hydrogen
Council was created by 13 leading global companies involved in energy,
transportation, manufacturing, and other various sectors spanning the
hydrogen value chain and has grown to include 27 member companies.
In Japan, we have begun studies with Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd.
on reducing CO2 emissions and energy use related to distribution and
store operations. We are considering such measures as using fuel cell
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Hydrogen Council
trucks newly developed by Toyota for deliveries to stores and introducing
fuel cell power generators that utilize automotive fuel cell units as a base
power source at stores with hydrogen stations.
In the United States, we have begun a pilot test using commercial heavy-
duty trucks equipped with fuel cell systems at the Port of Los Angeles in
California. These trucks are equipped with two of the fuel cell stacks (power
generators) used in the Mirai and boast a gross combined weight rating
(including cargo) of 36 tons. In addition, to promote infrastructure develop-
ment and facilitate the adoption of FCVs in the United States, Toyota and
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. are providing fi nancial support for a plan being imple-
mented by U.S.-based Shell Oil Company to install hydrogen refueling equip-
ment at seven existing retail stations in northern California.
Furthermore, Toyota is participating in a project called Accelerating the
Development and Commercialization of Fuel Cell Vehicles in China being
implemented by the Chinese government, which is aggressively promot-
ing the spread of FCVs and establishment of related industry. Under this
project, Toyota will begin pilot tests using the Mirai in regions around the
country. We are currently testing the Mirai in Canada, working to foster
understanding of FCVs.
In-house Development and the Promotion of R&D
The rapid expansion of the zero-emission vehicle business requires not
just product development, but changes in production structure. Just in
the area of the powertrain—the section of the vehicle most impacted by
electrifi cation—in addition to conventional gasoline and diesel engines,
we now need motors, inverters, batteries, high-pressure hydrogen tanks,
fuel cell stacks, and more. In terms of production technologies, besides
conventional machining, polishing, assembly, and iron and aluminum
casting, we need technologies that enable increased precision, thinner
components, and an expansion in the use of plastics as well as those
related to coatings, new materials, nano-scale production, and chemis-
try. Toyota has internally developed the fuel cell stacks and high-pressure
hydrogen tanks that form the heart of the FCV, and has achieved world-
class performance in both. We are thus acquiring technologies through
in-house development while advancing business innovation to prepare
for the anticipated pressures on production site management resources
arising from electrifi cation.
20 years ago, Toyota launched the Prius, the world’ fi rst mass-
produced HV. Since then, we have continued to hone our core elec-
trifi cation technology, releasing PHVs and FCVs. The technological
prowess, know-how, and experience built up in bringing these prod-
ucts to market are strengths of Toyota. We will provide a wide range
of options in its powertrain development. We believe it is up to mar-
kets to decide between the options, based on national and regional
conditions, customer tastes, and other factors. Aiming to achieve
zero CO2 emissions from new vehicles, Toyota will diversify its pow-
ertrains and strive to make those of each type best-in-class.
Toyota’s Involvement in Initiatives to Promote Hydrogen Use Worldwide
Beginning pilot testing aimed at using renewable and
hydrogen-based energy in FCV production lines by around 2020
Toyota’s
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(cid:129) Establishing a model for hydrogen use at factories
(cid:129) Showcasing said model to the public
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(cid:129) Working with the prefecture as an industrial leader
(cid:129) Encouraging Toyota Group companies and industry to participate in
efforts to use hydrogen in industrial areas
Locally Produced, Locally Consumed, Renewably Produced Hydrogen EMS*
Promoting cooperative efforts with the government, industry, and academia,
led by Fukuoka Prefecture
Toyota’s
role
(cid:129) Toyota Motor Kyushu participated in demonstrations of hydrogen use
in factories as an example of industrial models
KIX Project at Kansai International Airport
Pilot testing a large-scale, centralized hydrogen grid model for airports
(cid:129) Toyota, Toyota Industries, and Toyota Tsusho are part of the KIX
Hydrogen Grid Committee
(cid:129) Pilot testing fuel cell forklifts powered by CO2-free hydrogen generated
Toyota’s
role
* EMS: Energy Management System
using solar power.
Fukushima Concept for a New Energy Society Conference
(Launched in March 2016 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
Toyota’s
role
(cid:129) Participating as an FCCJ* member
(cid:129) Providing means of mobility, such as fuel cell buses and fuel
cell forklifts
2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
Presenting models of a next-generation mobility society and
a clean, hydrogen society to the world
Toyota’s
role
(cid:129) Supporting the games as a TOP sponsor of the IOC
(cid:129) Providing mobility, such as FCVs and fuel cell buses, and supporting
the next-generation mobility society concept
Keihin Project in the Keihin Coastal Area
Verifying a supply chain connecting hydrogen production using renewable energy to
users as a model for small- to medium-scale concentrated offi ces
Toyota’s
role
(cid:129) Representing businesses as a user of hydrogen
* FCCJ: Fuel Cell Commercialization Conference of Japan
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China
Beginning pilot testing
of the Mirai
United Arab Emirates
Participating in joint research
aimed at creating
a hydrogen-powered society
Australia
Launching the Mirai on
a test basis
Canada
Launching the Mirai on
a test basis
United States
Implementing pilot
testing of fuel cell
heavy-duty trucks
at the Port of
Los Angeles
United States
Working with Shell
to expand
the hydrogen station
network in California
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
Connected Strategy: Information
Building a Connected Platform for the Connected
Cars of Tomorrow
As the Internet of Things (IoT) develops, cars are increasingly connected
to information networks, enabling consumers to enjoy a variety of new
services. Connected technologies have the potential to create new value
and new services by creating new modes of use and new roles for cars.
In particular, big data collected from connected cars will be put to use in
a wide range of services and businesses. As such, connected platforms
that encompass information infrastructure will become extremely impor-
tant business platforms for automakers.
In preparation for the full-scale arrival of connected cars, in April 2016
Toyota established the Connected Company, and in November of the
same year announced its Connected Strategy, consisting of three major
points (its “three arrows”).
1. Connect all Toyota and Lexus cars and build a connected platform
that will serve as information infrastructure
2. Use this platform to utilize big data collected from cars and contribute
to the good of customers and society while revolutionizing Toyota’s
own businesses
3. Building on this platform, coordinate with various different industries
and IT companies to create new mobility services and establish
a value chain
Toyota’s Information Technology Initiatives to Date
Toyota has rolled out information technology in the form of telematics
services, in which communication devices installed in cars are used to
interactively provide drivers with information via wireless networks and
data centers.
In 2002, Toyota launched its G-BOOK comprehensive telematics
service. Since then, we have improved navigation functions and added
the HELPNET emergency dispatch service and G-Security theft-pre-
vention/stolen car tracking service, enhancing functionality centered
on safety and peace of mind.
In 2014, we released T-Connect, a new service based on G-BOOK.
T-Connect offers more advanced functions, such as search functions
controlled through an interactive voice-controlled interface called
Agent as well as Apps, which allows customers to select and install a
variety of applications on the onboard navigation system.
Furthermore, Toyota uses probe data from cars (tracking data gen-
erated using GPS) to generate its proprietary T-probe traffi c informa-
tion, which it offers as a predictive information service. This service
predicts the destination of each car and provides information to help
drivers avoid potential issues, such as accidents and congestion,
along their anticipated route.
Connected Services Today
Toyota’s Information Technology Initiatives
Location data
Speed data
Engine data
Sensor data
Control system data
Comfort and
convenience
enhancing
services
Toyota Smart Center
Emergency dispatch
service
Theft tracking
service
DCM*
Provide services
Automatic map data
updates
Services
for safety
and peace
of mind
Connected cars
Operator service
T-probe traffic
information
Predictive information
service
* DCM: Data communication module. An on-board integrated transmission module devel-
oped especially for telematics services.
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2002
2005
2008
Established GAZOO Media Service Corporation
(now TOYOTA Connected Corporation)
Commercialized DCMs for cars, launched G-BOOK services
Made DCMs standard on Lexus models in Japan
Expanded standard installation of DCMs on Lexus models to
North America and China
2011
Built the Toyota Smart Center
Vehicle
database
(big data)
2016
Established the in-house company Connected Company
Established Toyota Connected Inc
(now Toyota Connected North America, Inc.)
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Initiatives for
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Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
Connected Strategy: Information
How We’re Building a Connected Platform
Key to the fi rst arrow, connecting all cars, are our data communication
modules (DCMs). In 2002, Toyota commercialized its DCMs and
launched the G-BOOK service for Toyota vehicles. DCMs were then
made a standard feature in Lexus cars, and Toyota launched the G-Link
service in Japan before expanding it to North America and China. As the
fi rst step toward connecting all vehicles, Toyota plans to adopt common
standards for its worldwide DCMs by 2019, equip virtually all passenger
vehicles it sells in Japan and the United States with DCMs by 2020, and
steadily equip more vehicles with DCMs in major markets around the
world. By promoting the spread of connected cars, Toyota is expanding
its points of contact with customers around the world, enabling it to pro-
vide enhanced service.
Communications between DCMs and the Toyota Smart Center pass
through a global communications platform built in cooperation with KDDI
Corporation. The platform comprehensively manages communications by
automatically connecting with selected telecommunications carriers in each
country or region based on car location data. At the same time, in North
America, Toyota Connected North America, Inc., established in collaboration
with Microsoft Corporation, operates the Toyota Big Data Center (TBDC),
which consolidates big data collected from cars, and engages in research
and development leveraging big data. Toyota Connected North America also
works in close coordination with Toyota Research Institute, Inc., a research
organization focused on artifi cial intelligence.
Going forward, as the number of connected cars and connected ser-
vices increase, we expect the volume of data handled by the TBDC to
increase dramatically. We are also at work on the development of next-
generation smart center technologies to process the increasingly vast
Mobility Service Platform
Ride-share operators
Car-share operators
Insurance companies
Rental companies
Taxi companies
Ha:mo, Kirobo
Governmental Offices,
Olympics &
Paralympics, etc.
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Finance &
Payment
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Mobility Service Platform
Open up API, *1 partner with various mobility services
Dealers
Smart Key Box/
Trans log
Flexible lease
Telematics insurance
Traffic/vehicle data
utilization
Fleet vehicle
management
Other API
OTA*2 update
of on-board software
Person/device
verification
Basic telematics services
(map update, agent, etc.)
Big data utilization
(CRM*3 quality control)
Big data ( TBDC )
Toyota Smart Center
Global Communications Platforms
DCM
DCM
DCM
DCM
DCM
High-frequency
maintenance
*1 API: Application Program Interface Functions used for programming. App functions maybe used simply by calling these functions.
*2 OTA: Software update ‘Over The Air’ by wireless transmission.
*3 CRM: Customer Relationship Management
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amounts of data expected to be generated as more cars are equipped
with DCMs. As part of these efforts, in March 2017, we announced an
agreement with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation to collab-
orate on ICT platform research and development for connected cars.
In addition, as part of its collaboration with U.S.-based Ford Motor
Company, Toyota has announced that it will use the open-source
SmartDeviceLink (SDL), which enables users to control apps on their
smartphones via the vehicle control interface. On January 4, 2017,
Toyota and Ford established the SmartDeviceLink Consortium to pro-
mote SDL as a global standard.
Revolutionizing Toyota’s Own Businesses
with Connected Cars
Becoming connected will change the very ways that cars interact with
customers and society. Toyota will be creating millions of new contact
points with customers and society around the world every year, enabling
the roll out of a variety of new services and businesses.
Connecting cars and establishing a connected platform that will serve
as information infrastructure is the fi rst arrow of our Connected Strategy.
The second and third arrows are aimed at expanding our businesses
that utilize the platform. We are implementing the Connected Strategy
not by fi ring the arrows in sequence, but by releasing them all virtually
simultaneously.
In line with the second arrow, aimed at contributing to the good of
customers and society while revolutionizing Toyota’s own businesses,
we are already using big data collected from connected cars equipped
with DCMs to provide a real-time traffi c information service covering all
of Japan. Using this data, Toyota provides information on which roads
are passable by tracking where cars are actually going. This information
was used during emergency response and recovery operations following
the Great East Japan Earthquake and Kumamoto Earthquake.
Currently, such big data is being fed back to design and quality con-
trol divisions to help quickly identify and respond to problems with cars
on the market and as a tool to enable them to make ever-better cars.
Furthermore, we have launched the e-Care service, which uses data
from individual cars to anticipate breakdowns or the need for servicing,
encouraging customers to bring their cars to a dealership before prob-
lems occur.
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Intelligence
Connected Strategy: Information
To provide even greater value through cars, we are accelerating
research aimed at generating dynamic maps* that contain information on
lane-specifi c congestion and obstacles based on images collected by on-
board cameras to provide more advanced driving assistance services.
* Map data based on a high-resolution (25 cm relative precision, 1:500 scale) map linked to constantly
updated information about traffi c restrictions, congestion, vehicle location, and other factors.
Creating New Services through
Our Mobility Service Platform
At the center of the connected platform powered by the Toyota Smart
Center will be the Mobility Service Platform (MSPF). The third arrow, cre-
ating new mobility services, entails connecting big data collected by
Toyota through the MSPF with a variety of companies and services to
globally develop new services and markets, and thus enhance the diver-
sity and sophistication of the value provided by cars in the mobility soci-
ety of the future. Toyota will continue developing new growth strategies
based on the MSPF.
Our fi rst major initiative in this area is the development of telematics
car insurance services in North America. We are providing multiple insur-
ers with solutions that enable them to offer insurance based on scores
generated from big data collected on policyholders’ driving distance and
other driving patterns.
Furthermore, we are accelerating the creation and commercialization of
new mobility services by implementing pilot testing around the world in
collaboration with car sharing and ridesharing services and taxi operators.
Toyota is working to build a platform utilizing data collected from
cars. Connecting all the new cars that Toyota sells will enable data
collection from more than 10 million additional cars every year. In the
future, all kinds of information, including that from cars, will be inte-
grated in the cloud. We believe this kind of big data technology is the
key to building a rich mobility society. As it seeks to provide services
that exceed customer expectations, Toyota is working with a wide
range of partners, taking on the future with a start-up mindset.
Uses of Big Data from Vehicles and Toyota’s Alliances with Diverse Partners
Partnership with a Major U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturer to Develop Artifi cial Intelligence (AI) for Automated Driving
Investment in a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Company
We are partnering with NVIDIA Corporation to develop automated driving technologies using AI, aiming to develop automated driving systems
using NVIDIA’s graphics processing unit technology, which is well suited to deep learning.
Toyota Financial Services Corporation, together with Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd., has invested in MaaS Global, a Finnish company develop-
ing multi-modal services. MaaS Global is providing new services that enable effi cient transportation combining wide-ranging means of transit, including
taxis, rental cars, and other automobiles as well as trains, buses, and other forms of public transportation, alongside reservation and payment services
through smartphone apps.
Toyota has made an additional investment in Preferred Networks, Inc., to
accelerate the joint research and development of automated driving
technologies and other AI technologies in the mobility business fi eld.
Toyota, Intel Corporation, Ericsson, DENSO Corporation , Toyota
InfoTechnology Center, Co., Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Corporation, and NTT DOCOMO, Inc. formed the Automotive Edge
Computing Consortium, aimed at building a platform to support a variety
of businesses necessary for the development of connected cars.
Toyota and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation are collaborat-
ing on R&D related to ICT platforms for connected cars.
Toyota is working with KDDI Corporation to build a global communica-
tions platform not dependant on conventional roaming services to
secure high quality, stable data transmission globally for communications
between DCMs and the cloud, which is vital to connecting cars.
Uses of Big Data from Vehicles
Automobile manufacturing business
Non-automobile manufacturing businesses
Research
and
development
Driving
assistance
Automated
driving
Information
provision
services
Insurance and
fi nance
Vehicle data
General data
Data centers
Toyota established a company to support the development of telematics car
insurance services in the United States in collaboration with Aioi Nissay
Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd., and Toyota Financial Services Corporation.
Under the open innovation program TOYOTA NEXT, Toyota selected fi ve
partners for the joint development of people-centered services that will
provide customers the experience of an exciting future to look forward to.
Toyota is collaborating with Line Corporation with the aim of creating
new car-related services, such as voice-operated agent services, by
linking the cloud-based AI platform Clova being developed by LINE with
DCMs and smartphone apps using SDL.
Sales and
marketing
Service and
maintenance
DCM
Transportation
and mobility
services
Entertainment
Toyota and Ford Motor Corporation established the SmartDeviceLink
(SDL) Consortium to promote industry standardization related to con-
necting cars with smartphone apps.
Toyota jointly established Toyota Connected, Inc. with Microsoft
Corporation with the aim of collecting and analyzing data from cars and
using the results to inform product development.
Toyota, KDDI Corporation, and Tokyo Hire-Taxi Association are implementing
demonstration testing related to the transmission and use of high-volume driv-
ing data from connected taxis.
Toyota is collaborating with Grab, Inc., a major ride-hailing service company in
Southeast Asia, in the area of ride-hailing.
Toyota and Uber Technologies, Inc., are collaborating in the area of ridesharing.
Toyota is developing a car share application for dealers and distributors and
implementing pilot testing in Hawaii.
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
Automated Driving and Utilizing AI: Intelligence
Toyota’s Unique Approach to Automated Driving
driving systems that are highly effective in real-life situations as quickly as
To eliminate casualties from traffi c accidents, we must develop safe
possible and promote their uptake as widely as possible. To do this,
Since the 1990s, Toyota has engaged in automated driving technology
Toyota is promoting, in parallel, the development of advanced safety
research and development aimed at contributing to the complete elimi-
technologies and utilizing insights gained through such development to
nation of traffi c casualties. Today, Toyota is advancing development in
develop popularized technologies. We have already begun to put our
this area based on its Mobility Teammate Concept. This concept is an
active safety technologies on the market in such packages as Toyota
expression of Toyota’s unique approach to automated driving and is built
Safety Sense and Lexus Safety System+. We plan to offer such packages
on the belief people and vehicles can work together in the service of
as standard or optional features on almost all new Toyota and Lexus
safe, convenient, and effi cient mobility.
models sold in Japan, Europe, and the United States by the end of 2017.
As implied by the word “partner,” the inclusion of people is central to
The mobility as a service (MaaS) market, including car sharing and
this approach, based on our belief that people should have choices. The
rideshare services, is expanding. As a mobility service platform provider,
true value of automated driving technologies, we believe, lies not in the
Toyota is actively exploring this market’s possibilities. We believe that
technology itself, but in the social value it creates—helping to create a
mobility service platforms will accelerate the development of automated
rich mobility society in which everyone can enjoy safe, convenient, and
driving technologies and help bring the freedom and joy of movement to
enjoyable transportation.
all people, including those who cannot drive. Going forward, the spread
Moreover, we believe that the most important factor in the develop-
of automated driving technology through MaaS will enable the collection
ment of automated driving is safety. This conviction is in line with our
of enormous volumes of data, which is extremely valuable to the further
long-held stance of prioritizing the improvement of safety with the ulti-
development of automated driving systems, giving rise to a virtuous
mate goal of eliminating casualties from traffi c accidents. To create a
cycle that will provide customers with safer, more convenient, more
safe mobility society, Toyota implements three-pronged initiatives aimed
affordable transportation services.
at developing safe cars, raising awareness among people, and improving
the traffi c environment while also pursuing real-world safety by utilizing
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information from actual accidents in product development.
Our Guiding Development
Philosophy
Developing and Promoting the Use of Advanced Technologies
Toyota’s unique approach to
automated driving is built on
the belief people and vehicles
can work together in the ser-
vice of safe, convenient, and
effi cient mobility.
Advanced technologies
Lexus LS
Step up
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Popularized
technologies
Toyota Safety Sense
Step up
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Advanced driving assistance technologies Automated driving technologies
Next generation
New Lexus LS
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Next generation
Following generation
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
Automated Driving and Utilizing AI: Intelligence
Specifi c Approaches to Automated Driving
communication goes beyond the relationship between driver and car to
R&D Framework and Collaboration with Stakeholders
encompass interaction with fully autonomous vehicles and others shar-
Under the Mobility Teammate Concept, Toyota is developing automated
ing the road, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and other drivers.
Toyota believes that the development of automated driving technologies
driving systems based on two approaches: Guardian and Chauffeur.
In the near term, Toyota is working to bring the two vehicle systems
and the use of big data with artifi cial intelligence (AI) technologies can
Guardian is a unique Toyota approach that assumes that a human will
below, which offer automated driving capabilities, to market.
solve a range of issues faced by society as well as promote the realiza-
Moreover, the Mobility Teammate Concept’s approach to safety and
Vehicle Systems with Automated Driving Functions
Launch
target
Features
Highway
Teammate
2020
Urban
Teammate
Early 2020s
The Highway Teammate will enable driver-
supervised automated driving on express-
ways that includes merging onto and exiting
expressways, maintaining and changing
lanes, and maintaining appropriate distance
from other vehicles
The Urban Teammate will enable the use of
the Highway Teammate’s functions on regu-
lar roads. In addition to detecting people
and bicycles around the vehicle, it will use
map data and visual data from intersections
and traffi c lights to obey local traffi c rules.
drive the car, while automated driving systems operating alongside the
driver provide support when needed, such as when the car is in danger
of collision, to protect the car’s passengers. This kind of system might
detect, for example, that the driver is distracted and, after giving a warn-
ing, brake and steer to allow the car to safely negotiate a curve.
Chauffeur refers to automated driving at level four or fi ve autonomy as
defi ned by the U.S. non-profi t SAE International, and does not assume a
human driver. Systems designed under this approach would allow, for
example, the vehicle to drive autonomously while avoiding obstacles and
to safely change lanes without human input to avoid obstacles in the
road ahead even if there are other cars traveling at the same speed in
adjacent lanes.
The Mobility Teammate Concept aims to give people the freedom of
choice by allowing them to enjoy the benefi ts of automated driving tech-
nologies while still allowing them to drive safely, enjoyably and freely
when they wish. Drivers will be able to choose Chauffeur mode for some
situations, such as expressway and long-distance travel, and Guardian
mode for others, such as for low-speed and short-distance trips.
Toyota’s Approaches to Automated Driving
Guardian
Chauffeur
Provides driving support when needed,
such as when the car is in danger of
collision, to protect the car’s passen-
gers; assumes a human driver
Achieves automated driving at level
four or fi ve autonomy as defi ned by the
U.S. non-profi t SAE International; does
not assume a human driver
The same sensors and cameras will be used for both approaches
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tion of a sustainable future mobility society. To this end, we are seeking
out partners who share these aspirations around the globe and acceler-
ating a wide range of initiatives.
Toyota established Toyota Research Institute, Inc. (TRI) in the United
States to reinforce its AI research. Under the direction of Dr. Gill Pratt,
previously program manager at the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA), TRI is advancing AI research toward the fol-
lowing four targets.
1. Enhance the safety of automobiles with the ultimate goal of creating a
car that is incapable of causing a crash.
2. Increase access to cars for those who otherwise cannot drive, includ-
ing older persons and those with special needs.
3. Translate Toyota’s expertise in creating products for outdoor mobility
into products for indoor mobility.
4. Accelerate scientifi c discovery by applying techniques from artifi cial
intelligence and machine learning.
Also in the United States, Toyota Connected North America, Inc. (for-
merly Toyota Connected, Inc.), established in collaboration with Microsoft
Corporation, operates the Toyota Big Data Center, which consolidates
collected data, and engages in research and development aimed at
using big data for a variety of services.
Furthermore, to reduce traffi c accident causalities, Toyota’s
Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC), which engages in joint
research with North American universities, hospitals, and research insti-
tutions, launched CSRC Next, a new fi ve-year program, in January 2017.
Under this program, CSRC has partnered with eight leading research
institutions in North America to set up 11 research projects focused on
safely transitioning to emerging modes of mobility by addressing the
opportunities and challenges presented by evolving vehicle technologies.
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Long-term Strategy Electrifi cation
Information
Intelligence
Automated Driving and Utilizing AI: Intelligence
With these organizations, Toyota is advancing cutting-edge research,
areas, such as basic infrastructure and systems, cooperation with a wide
working to quickly bring the goal of zero casualties from traffi c accidents
range of actors to create solutions is an effective way forward. Building
closer to reality.
on that shared foundation, companies can then advance development
Furthermore, in July 2017, TRI invested $100 million to establish a
individually, competing to better allow customers to move about safely,
venture capital fund to provide funding to start-ups in the fi elds of artifi -
freely, and conveniently; we believe that this approach will be effi cient
cial intelligence, robotics, autonomous mobility, and data and cloud
and benefi t customers and society.
technology. The fund, operated through Toyota AI Ventures, newly estab-
lished by TRI, will feature decision-making by a dedicated management
Toyota’s ultimate goal in developing automated driving technolo-
team with abundant investment knowledge and experience, operating
gies is not simply to create autonomy for cars, but to expand autono-
separately from TRI’s R&D operation. In addition to considering unsolicit-
my for people—to create a world in which mobility is safe,
ed pitches made by investment candidates, the fund aims to establish
convenient, enjoyable, and available to everyone. Safety is our top-
an investment model in which it identifi es key research challenges and
most priority as we pursue this goal. We believe that we can enhance
then supports the creation of new companies to solve them.
safety by building partnerships between drivers and their cars.
Legal and regulatory updates, social system reform, and public accep-
Even in a future where driving is automated, we believe that cars
tance—there are numerous hurdles, varying by country and region, on
will continue to be loved. Toyota believes that safe and fun auto-
the road to realizing and popularizing automated driving. Given this,
mated driving technologies have the potential to expand freedom of
Toyota believes that coordination across national and regional boundar-
movement for all and bring cars and people even closer together.
ies involving a wide range of stakeholders, including those not directly
connected to the traditional auto industry, is crucial. In non-competitive
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Automated Driving Technology R&D Framework
Collaborative Automated Driving Development
Toyota’s Concept of the Cars of the Future
In January 2017, Toyota unveiled the Concept-i, a concept car
developed with the aim of building a new driver-vehicle relationship
in which artifi cial intelligence (AI) enables cars to understand the
driver, allowing people and cars to grow together as partners.
The Concept-i aims to be a beloved car of a new era based on the
idea that cars are among the most beloved of manufactured goods.
Combining technology that understands people with automated
driving and agent technologies, the Concept-i provides drivers with
safety and peace of mind as well as new “Fun to Drive” experiences
that enrich the enjoyment of transportation. For example, to provide
safety and peace of mind, in addition to monitoring the car’s exter-
nal conditions, the Concept-i assesses the driver’s condition using
technology that understands people and monitors the reliability of
the driver and the car. If the car’s reliability is high and the driver is
overcome by a dangerous or high-stress situation, for example, the
Concept-i will decide that support from the car is deemed neces-
sary and switch to automated driving. With such functions, the
Concept-i embodies Toyota’s Mobility Teammate Concept, which
envisions a future in which people and vehicles monitor and help
one another.
Toyota plans to conduct road tests of vehicles equipped with
some of the functions presented at Tokyo Motor Show 2017 by
around 2020.
Europe
Toyota Research on
Automated Cars in
Europe (TRACE)
Japan
Toyota Motor Corporation:
Advanced R&D and
Engineering Company
Connected Company
Toyota Central
R&D Labs., Inc.
TOYOTA Connected Corporation
North America
Toyota Research Institute, Inc. (TRI)
Toyota Motor North America Research and
Development (TMNA R&D)
Toyota Collaborative Safety Research
Center (CSRC)
Toyota Connected North America, Inc.
Toyota InfoTechnology Center, U.S.A.,Inc.
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology
Research aimed at furthering the
development of automated driving
technologies through projects ranging
from autonomy to self-awareness
Stanford
University
University of
Michigan
Research projects investigating
human-computer and human-robot
interactions, particularly focusing on
the development of innovative and
impactful approaches, algorithms and
data
Research focused on enhanced driv-
ing safety, partner robotics, indoor
mobility, automated driving, and stu-
dent learning and diversity
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
At a Glance
History
At a Glance
Financial Highlights for the Year Ended March 31, 2017 (Consolidated)
Net revenues/YoY change
Operating income/Ratio of operating
income to net revenues
Net income*/Ratio of net income to
net revenues*
R&D Expenses/YoY change
Capital Expenditures/YoY change
¥27,597.1 billion
-2.8%
¥1,994.3 billion
7.2%
Global Perspective/Data by Region
¥1,831.1 billion
6.6%
* Net income attributable to Toyota Motor Corporation
¥1,037.5 billion
¥-18.1 billion
¥1,211.8 billion
¥-80.6 billion
Number of Plants and
Manufacturing
Companies
Distributors*
R&D Sites*
(As of February 28, 2017)
(As of December 31, 2016)
(As of March 31, 2017)
Number of Employees
364,445
Total Vehicle Production
8,975,509
Total Vehicle Sales
8,970,860
(Consolidated,
as of March 31, 2017)
(Consolidated, FY2017)
(Consolidated, FY2017)
Japan
North America
Europe
Asia excluding Japan
Other
16
11
9
24
9
5
3
3
4
1
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5
29
20
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58%
13%
5%
17%
7%
46%
23%
7%
19%
5%
25%
32%
10%
18%
15%
*Number of bases for Toyota and Lexus brands
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
At a Glance
History
History
Toyoda Model AA passenger
car launched (1936)
Toyopet Crown launched
(1955)
Corolla launched
(1966)
Celica launched
(1970)
Soarer launched
(1981)
Lexus LS400 launched
(1989)
Prius launched (1997)
MIRAI launched (2014)
TRI established (2016)
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Domestic/Overseas Vehicle Production (Thousands of units)
(Including Daihatsu and Hino brands since 2002)
(cid:2) Domestic (cid:2) Overseas
(cid:3) Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. established (1937)
(cid:3) Kanban method adopted (1963)
(cid:3) NUMMI established (1984)
(cid:3) Guiding Principles at
(cid:3) The Toyota Way 2001
(cid:3) Labor disputes (1950)
Toyota adopted (1992)
adopted (2001)
(cid:3) Recall issues
(2009–2010)
(cid:3) Toyota Global Vision adopted
(cid:3) Five Main Principles of Toyoda established (1935)
(cid:3) Total Quality Control (TQC) introduced (1961)
(cid:3) Toyota Motor and Toyota Motor Sales merged with TMC (1982)
(cid:3) Losses (FY 2009)
(2011)
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
(cid:3) Rio Earth Summit (1992)
(cid:3) World War II (1939-1945)
(cid:3) Rapid economic growth period
(cid:3) Oil crisis (1973 & 1979)
(cid:3) Berlin Wall comes down
(cid:3) Kyoto Protocol adopted (1997)
in Japan (1960s-1970s)
(cid:3) Tighter control on exhaust
(cid:3) U.S.-Japan trade friction
emissions (1970s)
(1980s)
(1989)
(cid:3) Trade friction surrounding cars (1990s)
(cid:3) The 2008 fi nancial crisis (2008)
2010
(cid:3) The Great East Japan Earthquake,
Thailand fl oods (2011)
(cid:3) UN SDGs adopted (2015)
Toyota’s roots and entry
into the automobile industry
Establishing the Toyota identity and
innovating to resolve social issues
A series of challenges and
the expansion of globalization
Toward the future of
a new mobility society
(cid:3) Sakichi Toyoda invented a weaving machine that included
(cid:3) Toyota organized its mass-production structure while estab-
Jidoka (automation with human wisdom) functionality
(cid:3) Alongside the launch of Toyota’s fi rst passenger car, the
Toyoda Model AA, Kiichiro Toyoda established Toyota Motor
Corporation, foreseeing future motorization
(cid:3) Toyota used Genchi Genbutsu (on-site hands-on experience) to
carry out Kaizen (improvement), maintaining the Customer First
spirit when responding to initial-stage defects
(cid:3) Toyota incorporated the Just-in-Time concept in building new
plants, aiming to control all aspects of production with assem-
bly-line operation
(cid:3) Labor disputes eventually became the basis for mutual
respect between workers and employers
lishing a method for quality control by building quality through
processes and the Toyota Production System
(cid:3) In response to trade friction between Japan and the U.S.,
Toyota started its fi rst overseas mass-production project,
NUMMI, a joint corporation with GM
(cid:3) Regarding air pollution which had become a serious social
(cid:3) Before concern about global warming was widespread,
issue, Toyota took on problems that could not be solved just
by working with existing technologies, responding to the
world’s strictest exhaust gas regulations (at the time) with
innovation
(cid:3) Having experienced the fi rst and second oil crises, Toyota
worked to reduce resource and energy use, and its cross-
functional team implemented cost improvement initiatives
Toyota took on the challenge of developing and mass-pro-
ducing the world’s fi rst commercial hybrid vehicle, the Prius
(cid:3) Toyota expanded its overseas production in anticipation of the
future motorization of emerging countries. In 2007 its overseas
production volume exceeded that of domestic production
(cid:3) When faced with losses incurred due to the fi nancial crisis,
recall issues, the Great East Japan Earthquake, and fl ooding
in Thailand, Toyota overcame each diffi cultly through team-
work and by following the Customer First policy
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Toyota regards the tremendous changes in the automotive
industry as opportunities. In accordance with this view, we are
working to make ever-better cars and to implement a strategic
shift toward electrifi cation, information, and intelligence in order
to build new business models. In these ways, we will not only
continue to evolve our existing car manufacturing business, but
expand the scope of innovation to encompass social platforms
to meet society’s needs and technological platforms, such as AI,
that extend beyond cars, to provide broad-ranging value that
exceeds customer expectations as we work to create the mobility
society of the future.
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
About Our Tree Icon
Ever-Better
Cars
Enriching Lives
of Communities
Stable Base
of Business
Toyota Values
Toyota strives to implement a positive cycle of making ever-better cars that exceed customer expecta-
tions, enriching lives of communities, being rewarded with the smiles of customers and communities
and thus reinforcing its stable base of business. Through this cycle, Toyota aims to grow sustainably in
concert with society.
Even as the business environment transforms and new challenges arise, Toyota will leverage the qualities,
honed over time, that make it unique as it shifts to a longer term strategic perspective in order to maintain
and enhance this positive cycle. By doing so, we will provide value to society in the forms of safety and
peace of mind, environmental sustainability and Waku-doki (excitement and exhilaration that wows you).
Business
Environment
Changes
Individual desires/
Societal demands
Lifestyle changes
Environmental
problems
Urbanization
Technological
innovation
Intelligent
technologies
IoT
Robotics
Strategic Shifts
Electrifi cation
Information
Fruit
Ever-Better
Cars
Fruit
Enriching
Lives of
Communities
Trunk
Stable Base
of Business
Roots
Toyota Values
Intelligence
The Five Main Principles of Toyoda
The Guiding Principles at Toyota
The Toyota Way
Toyota is implementing Visionary
Management based on the Toyota Global
Vision. We use the image of a tree to sym-
bolize this approach. The fruits of the tree
are our contributions to making ever-better
cars and the enrichment we bring to the
lives of communities, the tree’s trunk
represents our stable base of business that
supports these efforts, and the tree’s roots
are the Toyota Values.
The tree icon in the upper right corner of
each page of this section shows the con-
nection of the content presented to
Toyota’s Visionary Management.
More details Toyota Global Vision, p. 22
The Value Toyota Creates
Elimination of
traffic accident
casualtiess
Freedom of
m
mobility for everyone
Safety and
Peace of Mind
Toyota Safety Sense
(Collision Avoidance
Support Package)
Integrated Safety
Management Concept
Raising awareness of road
safety and ecological driving
Welcab
Personal mobility
ITS Connect
(road/car and car/car
communications)
Environmental initiatives
Environmental
Sustainability
Automated driving
Mobility Service
Platform (MSPF)
Ever-Better Cars
Enriching Lives of
Communities
Passing down
expertise
Toyota Production
System (TPS)
Human Support
Robot
Vehicle
development
Supporting sports
Waku-doki
(excitement and exhilaration
that wows you)
Zero CCOO2
emissiionns
Recycling
Renewable
energy
MIRAI (FCV)
Prius PHV
Lexus
Net popositsitiveve
society y
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Ever-Better
Cars
Enriching Lives
of Communities
Stable Base
of Business
Toyota Values
emissions to help meet the Paris Agreement* goal of
sound relationships with stakeholders through open,
ensure compliance, carry out social contribution
Toyota’s Approach to Sustainable Growth
keeping global warming below 2°C, but to have a net
fair communication in order to contribute to the sus-
activities and address environmental problems.
positive impact on the environment.
tainable development of society and the planet. As
In April 2015, this framework was revised to
Toyota has taken the initiative in contributing to the
sustainable development of society and the planet
* The Paris Agreement, reached in December 2015, was negotiated at
the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to
our businesses develop, our communications with
emphasize corporate value enhancement, an
stakeholders also broaden and deepen. By working
approach that makes CSR an integral part of man-
through all its business activities. Cars have provided
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held
always hand-in-hand with stakeholders and growing
agement. This change was aimed at integrating the
together, Toyota consistently provides the three
specialized CSR-focused discussions that had until
freedom of movement but have also had a wide
range of other social and environmental consequenc-
es. Toyota bears this in mind and listens closely to
customers and communities as it seeks to achieve
in Paris. The agreement set the long-term goal of limiting global
warming to well below 2°C compared with pre-industrial levels and
calls for net zero anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to be
reached during the second half of the 21st century.
forms of value listed above.
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(Sustainability Data Book 2017, p. 74)
harmony between individuals, society and the global
Toyota is also utilizing its strengths to help solve
environment through monozukuri (manufacturing).
global social problems in line with the United Nations
Toyota’s Implementation Framework
then been confi ned to the CSR Committee into
broader discussions of overall management and
business activities. To this end, the functions of the
CSR Committee were transferred to the Corporate
Planning Meeting and Corporate Governance
Looking more closely at, for example, our environ-
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), promulgat-
Toyota’s implementation framework for sustainable
Meeting. The Corporate Planning Meeting, under the
mental efforts, we are implementing initiatives under
ed in January 2016. In addition to addressing climate
development includes the Corporate Planning
Shareholders’ Meeting and Board of Directors, takes
the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 as a top-
change (in line with SDG 13), Toyota is working to
Meeting and the Corporate Governance Meeting,
a wide range of social issues into account when con-
priority management issue. Specifi cally, we are work-
reduce traffi c accident injuries and deaths (SDG 3)
which carry out their respective activities from a long-
sidering growth and business strategy. The
ing to help resolve major global environmental issues,
and to promote sustainable community building and
term, Company-wide perspective.
Corporate Governance Meeting serves to oversee
including climate change, water scarcity, resource
improved mobility (SDG 11). Furthermore, Toyota
Toyota established a CSR Committee in October
business operations and makes decisions regarding
depletion and biodiversity degradation. As part of
places value on all stakeholders in the management
2007 to coordinate and implement CSR activities.
the governance framework under which such strate-
this, we are aiming to not only achieve net zero CO2
of its businesses and strives to maintain and develop
With guidance from this committee, Toyota works to
gies are implemented.
Helping Solve Global Social Problems
Together with Our Stakeholders
Implementation Framework
Local communities
Global society
Media
National and
local governments
Environmental
Sustainability
Safety and
Peace of Mind
Waku-doki
(excitement and
exhilaration that
wows you)
Economic
organizations
Industry
organizations
Employees
NPOs/NGOs
International
organizations
Academic
communities
Research
institutions
Business
partners
Shareholders
Customers
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Board of Directors
Corporate Planning Meeting
Chairman:
Executive Vice President Shigeki Terashi
Corporate Governance Meeting
Chairman:
Executive Vice President Shigeki Terashi
(cid:3) Basic corporate policy aimed at con-
tributing to sustainable development
(cid:3) Overall management of corporate
ethics, compliance and governance
(cid:3) Sustainable growth strategies for
corporate value enhancement
(cid:3) Identifi cation of and response to major
risk management issues
(cid:3) Social contribution and identifi cation of
and response to environmental and
other social issues
(cid:3) Planning and implementation of CSR
activities
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Corporate Philosophy
In all of its business activities, Toyota aims to contribute to the creation of a more affl uent society and
earn the trust of stakeholders as a good corporate citizen.
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The Guiding Principles at Toyota and
Their Implementation
established in 2001, laying out values and business
Respect for people entails respect for all our
Company’s losses following the global economic
practices that everyone working at Toyota around the
stakeholders and working to achieve business suc-
crisis of 2008 and the series of recalls in 2010. We
world should embrace. The Toyota Way thus clearly
cess by promoting the growth of employees.
are implementing a positive cycle of making ever-
The Five Main Principles of Toyoda have been
and practices that had previously been passed down
passed down since Toyota’s founding as the core of
only as implicit knowledge.
its management. These principles embody the think-
The Toyota Way’s main pillars are the concepts of
ing of the Toyota Group’s founder, Sakichi Toyoda. In
continuous improvement and respect for people,
Rewarded with a Smile by Exceeding Your
Expectations.
The Toyota Global Vision
articulates and facilitates the global sharing of values
better cars that exceed customer expectations,
enriching lives of communities, being rewarded with
the smiles of customers and communities and thus
reinforcing our stable base of business. By maintain-
ing and enhancing this cycle, we aim to continuously
1992, they were reorganized in light of changes in
with the keywords of taking on challenges, Kaizen,
The Toyota Global Vision, published in March 2011,
provide value to society in the forms of safety and
society and business structure to create the Guiding
and Genchi Genbutsu (onsite, hands-on experience)
articulates the kind of company that Toyota aspires
peace of mind, environmental sustainability and
Principles at Toyota.
under the former and respect and teamwork under
to be and the values that it esteems as a common
Waku-doki (excitement and exhilaration that wows
The Guiding Principles at Toyota lay out the kind of
the latter. Continuous improvement means never
rallying point for the entire Company and as a state-
you) while enhancing Toyota’s corporate value.
company we want to be. Building on this, the Toyota
being satisfi ed with the status quo and always doing
ment to Toyota’s customers and society at large. The
Way 2001(hereinafter called the “Toyota Way”) was
our utmost to create even greater added value.
vision took on particular meaning in light of the
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The Two Pillars and Five Keywords of the Toyota Way
Toyota Global Vision
Continuous
Improvement
Respect
for People
Respect
We respect others, make every effort
to understand each other, take
responsibility and do our best to
build mutual trust.
Teamwork
We stimulate personal and profes-
sional growth, share the opportuni-
ties of development and maximize
individual and team performance.
Challenge
We form a long-term vision, meeting
challenges with courage and
creativity to realize our dreams.
Kaizen
We improve our business operations
continuously, always driving for
innovation and evolution.
Genchi Genbutsu
We practice genchi genbutsu... go
to the source to fi nd the facts to
make correct decisions, build con-
sensus and achieve goals at our
best speed.
Rewarded with a smile
by exceeding your expectations
Fruit
Ever-Better Cars
Develop vehicles which
exceed customer expectations
Fruit
Enriching Lives of
Communities
Contribute to communities
Contribute to the future of mobility
Toyota will lead the way to the future of mobility,
enriching lives around the world with the safest
and most responsible ways of moving people.
Through our commitment to quality,
constant innovation and respect for the planet,
we aim to exceed expectations
and be rewarded with a smile.
We will meet challenging goals
by engaging the talent and passion of people,
who believe there is always a better way.
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA)
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In line with its Customer First policy, Toyota
strives to make ever-better cars that surpass cus-
tomer expectations.
The automobile business is in the midst of tre-
mendous change. In the automobile manufactur-
ing business, Toyota’s most important business
today, we seek to make cars even more appeal-
ing so that they will be loved by customers for
years and years. To this end, we are implement-
ing Company-wide structural innovation across
our global car making business. In terms of cor-
porate structure, we have adopted a product-
based in-house company system with the aim of
more quickly responding to customer demand.
Since its founding, Toyota has developed
unique methods and values, such as the Toyota
Production System (TPS) and Kaizen (improve-
ment), handing them down as sources of com-
petitiveness. Going forward, while we will leverage
these strengths, we will not be bound by prece-
dent as we endeavor to make ever-better cars.
TNGA Accelerates Our Efforts to
Make Ever-better Cars
With the aim of making ever-better cars, Toyota is
implementing a program of structural innovation it
calls the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA).
TNGA is how we are changing the basic architecture
of our cars, entailing the integrated development of
new powertrain units (engines, transmissions, and
HV units) and platforms (chassis) from the ground up.
By doing so, TNGA is aimed at dramatically improv-
ing basic functionality—propulsion, turning, and stop-
ping—and enhancing product appeal so that
customers will love their cars for year and years. We
expect these initiatives to cut development resource
requirements by about 20%, permitting greater rein-
vestment in enhancing quality and product appeal
and thus accelerating a virtuous cycle, enabling us to
deliver ever-better cars faster than ever before.
TNGA comprises two main aspects: total optimiza-
tion and individual optimization. Total optimization
entails exhaustively enhancing cars’ basic perfor-
mance and implementing smart sharing of the results,
while individual optimization is achieved through the
exacting design of each model by a chief engineer,
who acts as development leader, in line with each
region’s market needs and customer preferences.
For example, the C-HR shares a platform (labeled
“total optimization” in the diagram below) with the
Prius, also in the C-segment. In contrast to the
Prius’s development concept, beautiful hybrid, the
C-HR was designed in line with the development
concept of responsive driving performance, with
a focus on performance-enhancing features unique
to the C-HR. The C-HR’s exterior architecture fea-
tures a distinctive diamond theme, and its styling is
enjoying considerable popularity in the rapidly grow-
ing compact SUV market.
Toyota began the TNGA initiatives with the fourth-
generation Prius (launched in Japan in December
2015), followed by horizontal expansion within the
The Integrated TNGA Cycle
Making Cars under TNGA
Reinvestment by
Streamlining
Positive cycle of making
ever-better cars
Ever-Better Cars
to Customers
More timely delivery
of improved products
Individual optimization
Making distinctive
cars
Aspects of cars
tailored to
customer tastes
Total optimization
Making better
products and
practicing smart
sharing
Total optimization
through
standardization
Well-built
Cars
Enhance basic
and product
performance
Working together
consistently from
planning and
purchasing
through
production
Smart
Monozukuri
(Manufacturing)
Smart
Sharing
The Idea of
Grouping
Development
Collaboration at
production sites
including
suppliers
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Prius PHV
C-HR
Creating
distinctive cars
based on
common
platforms
C-segment
Expanded TNGA
to the Camry (D-segment)
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History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
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Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA)
C-segment to include the C-HR (launched in Japan
in December 2016) and Prius PHV (launched in
Japan in February 2017). Leveraging the know-how
gained from these earlier releases, we released the
new Camry (launched in Japan and the United States
in summer 2017) in the D-segment, expanding the
range of car types produced under the TNGA.
Powertrain Development
One specifi c initiative under TNGA is the develop-
ment of new powertrains, which form the core of the
automobile, that have a lower center of gravity, thus
promoting both excellent driving performance and
excellent environmental performance.
Our approach to powertrain development aims to
simultaneously enhance product marketability and
improve production and development effi ciency. To
enhance product appeal, we are, of course, working
to ensure excellent environmental performance while
also seeking boost driving performance by focusing
development on customers’ sensory experiences
under the theme “Direct & Smooth.” Through this
approach, we have developed powertrain units that,
by themselves, improve power performance approxi-
mately 10% and fuel economy approximately 20%. In
terms of production effi ciency, we are globally unify-
ing processing and assembly standards as well as
process and equipment specifi cations in order to cre-
ate a global architecture that will be able to quickly
and fl exibly respond to customer needs. Looking at
development effi ciency, to take the example of
engines, we are unifying the design of combustion
chambers and cylinders while achieving engine varia-
tion using different combinations of cylinder volume
and number of cylinders, thus promoting integration
and reducing the types of engines under develop-
ment by approximately 40%.
Using TNGA-based modular development, in the
fi ve years leading up to 2021, Toyota plans to intro-
duce a vehicle lineup that consists of 37 variations of
19 models to meet diverse driver needs. Beginning
with the new Camry, Toyota will steadily increase the
lineup of cars incorporating the new powertrains,
aiming for such vehicles to account for 60% or more
of all new vehicles sold in 2021 on a non-consolidated
basis (in Japan, the United States, Europe and
China). We estimate that the increased fuel economy
of the new powertrains alone will reduce the CO2
emissions from the cars sold by Toyota on a non-
consolidated basis in 2021 by at least 15%.
Reinforcing the Powertrain Development
Framework
As part of the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050,
to help conserve the global environment, Toyota is
working toward the goal of reducing its global aver-
age new vehicle CO2 emissions by 90% from its
2010 global level.
Conventional engine-powered vehicles account for
the vast majority of vehicles currently on the market, and
even hybrid vehicles (HVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles
(PHVs) have internal combustion engines. Toyota there-
fore believes that the further technological development
of conventional engines and transmissions, which will
remain dominant for some time to come, is a sure,
steady, realistic, and effective means of reducing
CO2 emissions. At the same time, to advance the
electrifi cation of vehicles, Toyota must also accelerate
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its development of hybrid technologies (electrifi cation
technologies), such as those used in electric motors,
batteries, and power control units (PCUs).
Going forward, to produce greater results than
ever using limited resources, we believe that we must
implement business innovation, and we plan to care-
fully review the technologies we have with the aim of
further acquiring technologies through in-house cre-
ation while sharing technologies within the Toyota
Group and expanding areas of joint development. By
strengthening coordination within the Group and effi -
ciently utilizing resources, we aim to quickly establish
new technologies, enhance the collective ability of
the Group, speed up development, and increase
scale through the proliferation and expansion of envi-
ronmental technologies.
Furthermore, to advance electrifi cation and speed
up the development of hybrid technologies, which
are at the core of PHVs, FCVs, and EVs, we plan to
increase the number of personnel involved in hybrid
technology development by approximately 30%
by 2021.
Dynamic Force Engine (2.5-liter) in the New Camry
TNGA Powertrain Adoption Plan
(% of total sales in Japan, the United States, Europe and China)
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA)
Achieving both Smart Sharing and
Outstanding Car Manufacturing
The transition to a product-based in-house company
system as part of the 2016 structural reforms was
intended to better enable us to make ever-better cars
while developing human resources to support that
goal. Accordingly, R&D operations, which had been
organized by function, have been divided into the
categories of advanced and mass production, and
those in the latter category have been allocated to
the related in-house companies. The new system
thus enables integrated operations, from planning to
production, under the authority of each in-house
company president.
Advanced R&D is handled by the Advanced R&D
and Engineering Company, which removes barriers
between R&D and production engineering to speed
up technological development. This company works
with Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., Toyota Research
Institute, Inc. (TRI), and the Frontier Research Center
on cutting-edge research, exploring the possibilities
of future automotive technology as it drives develop-
ment. In addition, this company creates technological
scenarios as global benchmarks to help Toyota
understand how to achieve its vision for the future.
Moreover, the Advanced R&D and Engineering
Company supports development at the product-
based in-house companies through its innovative
technological development.
In April 2017, we established GAZOO Racing
Company, creating a framework for building up motor
sports technical capabilities to serve as know-how
for adding fl avor and spice to driving. Using this
know-how, we aim to develop and release cars that
offer customers true Waku-doki (excitement and
exhilaration that wows you). Taking a Genchi Genbutsu
(onsite hands-on experience) approach rather than
relying solely on data, we are positioning motor sports
at the heart of our efforts to make ever-better cars.
Each in-house company, due to its integrated oper-
ations, bears the fi nal responsibility for product reve-
nue. To strengthen this system, in September 2017,
we reorganized the Cost KAIZEN Division (now the
Cost KAIZEN Department), reallocating approximately
60% of its cost planning staff to the in-house compa-
nies. The Cost KAIZEN Department staff remaining at
the head offi ce will promote overall optimization.
More than a year after the transition to the in-house
company system, the new approach to making ever-
better cars has begun to take root, but areas that
require improvement have also come to light. In partic-
ular, we are still learning from our partners in business
alliances and subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
about effi cient development and car manufacturing
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with a rigorous focus of the customer’s perspective.
As part of such initiatives, we are encouraging healthy
competition between in-house companies, such as
that related to new compact vehicle projects between
the Emerging-market Compact Car Company and
Toyota Compact Car Company.
Going forward, we will continue working to make
ever-better cars that exceed customer expectations,
seeking to translate structural reforms into opportuni-
ties to improve ourselves based on the belief that the
process of Kaizen (improvement) never ends and that
innovation is created only though steadfast, ongoing
Kaizen.
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
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Taking on the Future
Society and industry are undergoing structural
changes of unprecedented pace and scale.
Values and lifestyles are diversifying, while a wide
range of social issues are growing more pro-
nounced, and innovation is driving rapid techno-
logical development. We believe that the value of
mobility is also beginning to change not just
through the evolution of cars, but through an
expansion into aspects of personal life, including
social infrastructure.
Toyota is taking on the future by not only evolving
its long-standing monozukuri (manufacturing), but
expanding its focus to encompass social platforms
that address society’s needs as well as technologi-
cal platforms, such as AI, that extend beyond cars.
By doing so, we aim to provide broad-ranging value
that exceeds customer expectations.
Social platforms
Mobility services, energy infrastructure,
logistics services, fi nancial services, etc.
Switch to needs-
driven thinking
IoT information platform
Connecting
Monozukuri (manufacturing)
Vehicles
Personal living
Ever-better cars
Expansion
Development outside of cars
and Toyota products
Technological platforms
Basic technologies not limited to cars
AI, ICT, human sciences, etc.
Creating New Industries
The Frontier Research Center was established as
part of the April 2016 structural reforms with the
objective of creating new value from a long-term per-
spective to achieve sustainable growth by bringing
together wisdom from across Toyota’s Group com-
panies and affi liates. The center is charged with, in
short, fostering innovation in the value-creating
industries that will come after automobiles from the
perspective of serving the world and its people.
We are now at a once-in-a-century turning point.
We believe that we must not only continue to make
ever-better cars that will be irreplaceable assets for
our customers; in order to ensure that Toyota
remains a best-in-town company, we must think
about how we can next contribute to society—this
time outside of automobile manufacturing, sales, and
services—and get started. The Frontier Research
Center is working to leverage Toyota’s traditional
strengths in monozukuri (manufacturing), generate
lasting employment, and create new industries for
the next generation.
The Frontier Research Center takes an open
stance, advancing initiatives in collaboration with
partners that share its vision.
Investing in Start-ups through a Fund
to Create New Value
Mirai Creation Investment Limited Partnership (“the
Mirai Creation Fund”) is an investment fund estab-
lished by SPARX Group Co., Ltd. to accelerate
future-oriented innovation. Along with Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation, Toyota has participated
in this fund as an investor since its establishment.
The fund’s basic purpose is to help accelerate
innovation by investing in and nurturing enterprises
that possess technologies with the potential to drive
future-oriented growth and to promote said poten-
tial worldwide by building a portfolio of the promis-
ing businesses it fi nds. The fund also shares the
corporate information it collects with Toyota, sup-
porting new technological development by introduc-
ing potential partners and facilitating the execution
of capital alliances. The fund focuses investment on
core technologies in the areas of intelligence (AI and
connected technologies), robotics, and making
a hydrogen society a reality.
Since its establishment, the fund’s investment in
start-ups has progressed as initially planned. As of
June 30, 2017, of its total ¥36.7 billion, it had
invested ¥14.3 billion in 29 companies in the United
States, the United Kingdom, Israel, and Japan.
Examples of companies in which the fund has
invested include PKSHA Technology Inc. in the AI
fi eld and Getaround, Inc. in the connected technol-
ogy fi eld. These companies are advancing research
and development in cooperation with Toyota.
Investment
Mirai Creation
Fund
SPARX Group
Investment
Sumitomo
Mitsui
Banking
Corporation,
etc.
Searching
for
opportunities
Searching
for
opportunities
Investment
Searching
for
opportunities
Companies in the fund’s
three target fi elds
Intelligence technologies
(AI and connected technologies)
Robotics
Hydrogen society
Contributing to Agriculture
Toyota developed Housaku Keikaku, an agricultural IT management tool, to help
improve agricultural productivity by applying production management methods
and operational improvement know-how cultivated in the automotive business to
agriculture. In 2014, we began providing the tool to rice growing agricultural coop-
eratives. Starting in April 2014, as part of the Advanced Model Agricultural
Business Formation Trials by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, we established the Rice Production Kaizen Network, a consortium
formed with nine rice growing agricultural cooperatives in Aichi and Ishikawa pre-
fectures and the Ishikawa prefectural government. Through this consortium, we
are providing Housaku Keikaku, conducting pilot testing aimed at further effi ciency
and quality improvement, and building a foundation for human resource develop-
ment through front-line Kaizen (improvement).
In April 2017, we announced new partnerships in Hokkaido and Nagano. As
of May 2017, 33 cooperatives were using Housaku Keikaku. Going forward, we
will continue to expand the number of users of the tool, seeking to contribute to
enhancing the effi ciency and quality of rice farming.
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order
Agricultural
cooperative
Farmer A
Work
order
Farmer B
Land
lease
Landowner C
Performance
indicators
Daily reports
Approx. 800 farmers
Standard lead time
1st
plowing
2nd
plowing
3rd
plowing
Field
prep
Planting
Harvesting
Drying/
Milling
90 days
40 days
5 days
7 days
140 days
Sterilization
Soaking
Sprouting
Sowing
90 days
40 days
5 days
25 days
Plans
Agricultural IT management cloud
Cultivatable land database
Work database
Results
Paddy location, area,
contract details
Laborers, man-hours
per acre, farming season, etc.
Laborer 1
Laborer 2
Laborer 3
Results
Plans
Smartphones
Field prep
Planting
Fertilizing
B
A
B
C
C
A
C
B
A
C
B
A
C
B
C
A
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Since the announcement of its development vision in
2007, Toyota has been applying its technology and
know-how developed for industrial robots used in vehi-
cle manufacturing to create partner robots that offer
support for everyday living, working to bring these
robots to market. So-called service robots for non-
industrial use include robots designed to inspect infra-
structure or provide emergency response. Toyota,
however, is focusing on partner robots that work closely
with people to provide support for living. Japan is rapid-
ly graying, and its working-age population is decreas-
ing. Because of these shifts, the burden on the
working-age population of supporting the elderly is
forecast to balloon to approximately three times the
2000 level by 2050. Toyota aims to use partner robots
to instead keep this burden at around the 2000 level.
Under its vision for partner robot technology, “free-
dom of mobility for all, and the joy of self-reliance,”
Toyota is working to bring products to market in the
four main areas of Senior Life Support, Welfare
Support, Independence Support, and Medical Support.
Focusing First on Needs Created by the Low Birth Rate and Graying Population
Senior Life Support
Welfare Support
Toyota is developing the Winglet, a personal mobility
robot ridden while standing that facilitates seamless
travel indoors and out, so that seniors can easily leave
home with safety and peace of mind. The Winglet is
now undergoing pilot testing on public roads.
Winglet
Conversation robot,
Pocobee
Independence Support
The human support robot (HSR) offers such functions
as picking up and fetching objects and is being tested
for use in areas that include preventing the need for
nursing care, health management and assistance with
housework. This robot is being provided to universities
and other research institutions as a platform in order to
foster a development community and accelerate devel-
opment and testing through open innovation.
The HSR was selected as the standard platform in
the “@HOME” division for RoboCup2017 Nagoya
Japan and as the platform robot for the World Robot Summit 2020 Partner
Robot Challenge (a competition centered on uses for robots in the home).
HSR
Commercialization Schedule and Development Status
Welwalk WW-1000
The patient transfer assist robot is being developed to
reduce the burden on caregivers at elderly care facili-
ties and elsewhere by helping transfer individuals who
cannot move unassisted from, for example, a bed to
a wheelchair.
Conversation robots are being developed to help
prevent the onset and progression of dementia and
reduce the burden on caregivers in light of the forecast
increase in Japan’s number of individuals with demen-
tia and decrease in the working-age population.
Medical Support
In autumn 2017, Toyota will commence the rental of
the Welwalk WW-1000, a rehabilitation robot designed
to aid in the gait training of patients with lower limb
paralysis due to stroke or other factors.
The Welwalk WW-1000 comes with a range of reha-
bilitation support functions based on motor learning
theory, including the ability to adjust the diffi culty level
of gait training to suit the patient and to provide feed-
back about the patient’s gait characteristics
2017
Approx. 2020
Target areas
Gait training robot
Conversation robot
The rehabilitation robot Welwalk WW-1000 received medical device certifi cation in November 2016. Rental of the robot will begin in
autumn 2017.
Senior Life Support, Medical Support
The robot is being tested at the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology with the aim of helping prevent the onset and progression
of dementia, and we are working to quickly bring it to market.
Medical Support, Welfare Support
Standing personal mobility robot
We are testing the robots at test-ride events in retail facilities and on public roads as we work with the police and government to expand
areas where they can be used.
Senior Life Support
Balance training assist robot
The robot is in use at 21 medical institutions across Japan for clinical research. We are incorporating feedback from doctors, physical
therapists and other users as we work to bring the product to market.
Medical Support
Human support robot (HSR)
We are creating a development community based on open innovation to advance technological development and testing aimed at
commercialization.
Independence Support
Patient transfer assist robot
We are implementing a development and testing cycle to create an easier to use device and bring the product to market
Welfare Support
Development
Pilot testing
Commercialization
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History
Initiatives for
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Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
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Toyota has long carried out a wide range of initia-
tives aimed at addressing a host of mounting
environmental problems, including extreme
weather phenomena attributable to greenhouse
gases, biodiversity loss due to development, and
water shortages due to population growth.
Toyota announced the Toyota Environmental
Challenge 2050 in October 2015. In addition to
continuing efforts to reduce the environmental
burden attributable to automobiles to zero, we
have set ourselves six challenges aimed at help-
ing to build a sustainable world through initiatives
that will positively impact the earth and society.
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Challenge of Achieving Zero
Net Positive Impact Challenge
New Vehicle Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge
Target
Reduce global average new vehicle CO2 emissions by 90% from
Toyota’s 2010 global level
Actions
Actions
Challenge of Minimizing and Optimizing
Water Usage
Target
Enact effective wastewater management and minimize water
consumption based on individual local situations
Further popularize next-generation vehicles to save energy and use
diverse fuels
(cid:129) Further popularize HVs and PHVs globally
(cid:129) Further popularize zero emission vehicles such as FCVs and EVs*1
*1 Zero emissions: The elimination of all harmful exhaust gases; in recent years, this term has been used
to refer particularly to automobiles that emit no CO2 whatsoever, such as EVs and FCVs. More broadly,
the term encompasses efforts to completely eliminate waste that must be incinerated or put in landfi lls
for fi nal disposal.
Life Cycle Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge
Target
Completely eliminate CO2 emissions from the entire vehicle
life cycle
Actions
Reduce CO2 emissions from the entire life cycle, from materials, parts, and
vehicle production to driving and disposal
Reduce water consumption in existing manufacturing processes, introduce
technologies that reduce industrial water consumption through rainwater use,
and improve water recycling rates
(cid:129) Manage wastewater quality by complying with strict standards, improving the local environ-
ment by returning clean water
Challenge of Establishing a Recycling-based
Society and Systems
Target
Promote global rollout of End-of-life vehicle treatment and
recycling technologies developed in Japan
Actions
Establish a recycling-based society with four key areas:
(1) utilizing eco-friendly materials;
(2) using parts for longer;
(3) developing recycling technologies;
(4) manufacturing vehicles from End-of-life vehicles
(cid:129) Reduce CO2 emissions during material production by developing and adopting more low
Two global rollout projects started from 2016:
CO2 emission materials
(cid:129) Reduce environmental impact by adopting more recycled materials
1) Toyota Global 100 Dismantlers Project
2) Toyota Global Car-to-Car Recycle Project
Plant Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge
Target Achieve zero CO2 emissions at all plants by 2050
Actions
Introduce and develop low CO2 technologies, implement daily Kaizen, and
promote the use of renewable energy and hydrogen
(cid:129) Reduce energy use to one third by simplifying and streamlining production processes and
implementing innovative energy saving
(cid:129) Use renewable energy, including wind power produced on-site at our Tahara Plant by
around 2020
Challenge of Establishing a Future Society in
Harmony with Nature
Target
Promote global rollout of nature conservation activities beyond
the Toyota Group and its business partners
Actions
Expand Toyota’s long-standing nature conservation activities in the areas of
forestry, environmental grants, and environmental education
The following three future-oriented projects started from 2016 to share our
know-how and experience gained from these environmental activities
1) Connecting communities: Toyota Green Wave Project
2) Connecting with the world: Toyota Today for Tomorrow Project
3) Connecting to the future: Toyota ESD*2 Project
*2 Education for Sustainable Development
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Emissions Challenge
Cumulative Hybrid Vehicle Sales Surpass
10 Million
Toyota places top priority on environmental initiatives.
Aware that eco-friendly vehicles can best help pro-
tect the environment if they are in widespread use,
we have been working to promote the spread of
hybrid vehicles (HVs). Toyota released the Coaster
Hybrid EV in August 1997 and in December of the
same year released the Prius, the world’s fi rst mass-
produced HV. Since then, Toyota’s HVs have enjoyed
the support of customers around the world, and in
January 2017 Toyota’s cumulative HV sales surpassed
10 million vehicles.
The business environment surrounding eco-friendly
cars has changed greatly in the 20 years since Toyota
introduced HVs to the world. Environmental perfor-
mance has come to be one of the standards by
which customers choose their cars, and the increas-
ing number of companies developing and releasing
HVs has fi rmly established HVs as an important vehi-
cle category. With customers around the world
increasingly choosing HVs and other fuel-effi cient
vehicles, the automotive industry has been better
able to contribute to solving environmental problems.
Hybrid Vehicles: Reducing CO2 Emissions
Toyota calculates that the 10 million Toyota HVs sold
as of January 31, 2017 have resulted in an approxi-
mately 77 million ton reduction in CO2 emissions
compared with what would have been emitted by
gasoline-powered vehicles of the same class (in terms
of size and horsepower). By the same comparison,
these 10 million vehicles represent a savings of
approximately 29 million kiloliters in gasoline.
Toyota’s Mainstay Next-Generation Eco-Friendly
Vehicle: The Prius PHV
To further reduce CO2 emissions, Toyota is promoting
energy savings by focusing on the effective use of
the fi nite supply of fossil fuels while also accelerating
the adoption of other, diverse fuels, including the use
of hydrogen and electric power. Specifi cally, HVs rep-
resent Toyota’s key environmental technologies for
saving energy, while fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) and
electric vehicles (EVs) represent key environmental
technologies related to using diverse fuels. Currently,
plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs), combining the best
aspects of HVs and EVs, are the Toyota vehicles best
able to contribute to the environment.
Toyota positions the Prius PHV as the mainstay
next-generation eco car to succeed HVs. In February
2017 a signifi cant step forward was marked with the
launch of the second-generation Prius PHV. With a
higher capacity battery, the latest Prius PHV boasts
an EV-mode cruising range of 68.2 km and, when
running as an HV, achieves fuel effi ciency of 37.2
km/l, equal to that of the fourth-generation Prius.*
Furthermore, the new Prius PHV features a solar
charging system, the fi rst ever on a mass-produced
vehicle, that is capable of generating enough electric-
ity per day to drive the car up to 6.1 km.
* Excluding A grade models (JC08 test cycle fuel effi ciency values)
Challenge of Minimizing and
Optimizing Water Usage
The Toyota Water Environment Policy
Making cars requires a great deal of water. Toyota is
working to minimize its impact on the natural aquatic
environment in terms of both input, by rigorously
reducing the amount of water it uses, and output, by
rigorously cleaning water it has used.
While the specifi c issues and ways of addressing
them vary by region, Toyota has created the Toyota
Water Environment Policy to help it accomplish the
challenge it has set itself with regard to the aquatic
environment.
The Water Environment Policy is composed of
a Basic Stance, the Challenge of Minimizing and
Optimizing Water Usage, and Three Directions for
Initiatives. By carrying out the policy, we aim to help
maintain rich aquatic environments.
Toyota prioritizes the sustainability of water resources and aims to create an affl uent society to ensure
that sound aquatic environments can be shared by future generations.
Toyota Water Environment Policy
Challenge of Minimizing and Optimizing Water Usage
Rigorous reduction of
water consumption
Minimize water intake at
each factory and utilize
rainwater to minimize
impact on local
water sources
Being the best factory in the
region to contribute to the whole
community’s prosperity
IN
OUT
Pursuit of Technology
We will pursue technological possibilities
and rigorously make water resource use
more effi cient.
Three Directions for Initiatives
Operations Rooted in Communities
We will implement ongoing measures to
improve aquatic environments, conscious
that water is an asset that belongs to
its locality.
Rigorous cleaning of all water
before discharge
Make a positive impact
on the environment by
making wastewater
cleaner than the body into
which it is discharged
Coordination with Society
We will actively communicate and disclose
information to promote coordination and
cooperation with stakeholders.
CO2 Emissions Reduction Effects of
Toyota Hybrid Vehicles (Toyota Calculations)
(Million tons)
16
(cid:3) CO2 emissions reduction
(cid:4) Cumulative CO2 emissions reduction
(Million tons)
80
CO2 emission reduction attributable to
Toyota 10 million hybrid vehicles:
Approximately 77million tons
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Challenge of Establishing a Future
Society in Harmony with Nature
Five-Year Partnership with WWF
In July 2016, Toyota and the World Wide Fund for
Nature (WFF) began a fi ve-year partnership aimed at
accelerating the globe’s transition to sustainability.
Toyota is the fi rst car company and the fi rst Japanese
company to sign a Global Corporate Partnership
agreement with WWF.
To help conserve biodiversity under the partner-
ship, in 2016 Toyota donated US$1 million and
began offering other forms of support to the Living
Asian Forest Project. The Living Asian Forest Project
will reinforce existing WWF initiatives to conserve
tropical rainforests and biodiversity in Southeast Asia
and help develop new conservation initiatives.
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Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Based on a philosophy of contributing to society
through the manufacture of automobiles, Toyota
endeavors to proactively contribute to sustain-
able development in harmony with society and
the earth through all its business activities in
countries and regions around the world.
Toyota currently faces a business environment
on the verge of tremendous change. Given this,
we believe that in the coming years, aiming to be
the best company in town, even more than being
global or the best company in the world, will be
more important than ever before.
We aim to make ever-better cars in order to
enrich customers’ lives in the regions and coun-
tries where we operate based on relationships of
sincerity and respect. This means maintaining
and further developing sound relationships with
increasingly diverse business partners and local
communities through fair and open communica-
tion. We believe that by doing so, we can become
the most trusted, most loved company in every
town where we have the privilege of doing business.
In line with this approach, we are advancing
a variety of initiatives to help address social
issues confronting the regions and countries in
which we operate.
Toyota will continue to use the technologies
and know-how it has built up in car manufactur-
ing to contribute to local prosperity and contrib-
ute to “enriching lives of communities” as it aims
to always be the best company in town.
The Toyota Mobility Foundation:
Supporting Ideas and Initiatives to
Enrich Mobility
Established by Toyota in August 2014, the Toyota
Mobility Foundation (TMF) aims to help realize a prosper-
ous mobility society and eliminate disparities in mobility.
TMF focuses on bringing together Toyota’s know-
how and resources and the outstanding vision and
experience of like-minded partners to create innova-
tive technologies and systems with the potential to
change the world, looking to share the fruits of these
efforts with society at large.
As part of these efforts, TMF supports initiatives to
provide more people with enhanced freedom of move-
ment by, for example, diversifying modes of transpor-
tation to ease and prevent traffi c congestion and
developing vehicles and systems to help solve mobility
challenges facing seniors living in remote mountainous
areas. In addition, in July 2017, TMF turned its atten-
tion to addressing energy problems, establishing
a research program to support innovative research
aimed at creating a hydrogen society, and began
soliciting research proposals. TMF plans to fi rst narrow
down candidate research themes and then collect
information on universities, research institutions, and
NPOs working in areas related to said themes before
developing proposals with potential partner organiza-
tions. The proposals that TMF will support will ulti-
mately be selected by TMF’s Board of Directors, with
input from external experts on their practicability as
well as legal and fi nancial considerations.
Now, three years after its founding, TMF is shifting
its focus to creating a better future, working to fi nd
innovative technologies and ideas while leveraging
the lessons learned from problem-solving initiatives
undertaken to date.
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TMF’s Projects
Ueyama, Mimasaka City, Okayama,
Japan
Sustainable personal mobility model for
remote mountainous areas
Period
Jan. 2016–Sep. 2019
Grant recipients
Research institute for
sustainable rural villages
(NPO)
Aida Ueyama Tanadadan
(NPO)
Grant amount
Approx. ¥220 million
Asuke, Toyota City, Aichi, Japan
Sustainable personal mobility model for
remote mountainous areas
Period
Apr. 2016–Mar. 2019
Grant recipients
Nagoya University,
University of Tokyo
Grant amount
Approx. ¥360 million
Bengaluru, India
Improving subway access
(fi rst- and last-mile connectivity)
Period
Dec. 2016–Mar. 2018
Grant recipients World Resources Institute
Grant amount
Approx. ¥33 million
Bangkok, Thailand
Traffi c congestion mitigation
Period
Apr. 2015–Mar. 2017
Grant recipients Chulalongkorn University
Grant amount
Approx. ¥400 million
Da Nang, Vietnam
Traffi c congestion prevention
and mitigation
Period
Apr. 2015–Apr. 2019
Grant recipients
Danang People’s
Committee
Grant amount
Approx. ¥360 million
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Bangkok, Thailand
Traffi c Congestion Mitigation
Project in Bangkok Completed
TMF’s inaugural project, launched in April 2015 and
aimed at mitigating traffi c congestion in Bangkok,
Thailand, was completed in March 2017.
The project was aimed at controlling traffi c
volume and improving traffi c fl ow in Bangkok’s
Sathorn District, where congestion is especially
severe, through a range of measures imple-
mented in cooperation with private companies,
the government and academia, including
Chulalongkorn University, the grant recipient.
One of the main measures taken to control traf-
fi c volume was the creation of a park and ride
system. Parking lots were set up near railway
stations to encourage people travelling to the
city center to transfer from private cars to public
transportation. The program also provided shut-
tle bus service to two local schools to alleviate
congestion caused by private cars dropping off
and picking up students.
To improve traffi c fl ow, the project identifi ed
traffi c bottlenecks and worked to improve them.
Implemented in close coordination with local
police and transport operators, initiatives includ-
ed measures to discourage drivers from unnec-
essarily stopping or changing lanes and the
establishment of bus lanes.
The results of the project were used to formu-
late a roadmap for future cooperative initiatives
encompassing companies, government, and
academia aimed at alleviating traffi c congestion.
This roadmap was then proposed to the National
Traffi c Management Board, which serves as an
advisory body to one of Thailand’s deputy prime
ministers. At a project closing event in April
2017, private, public, and academic participants
agreed to continue working under government
direction in accordance with the roadmap.
Project room at
Chulalongkorn University
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History
Initiatives for
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Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
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KURUMA-IKU (Nurture with Cars)
Cultivates Children’s Spirit of Inquiry and
Creativity
As forms of value grow more complex, opportunities
for learning that foster the creativity to develop new
value and culture are more important than ever. At the
same time, interest in cars has been falling markedly
among young people, to the point that car ownership
culture itself may disappear in the near future.
In light of this educational environment in Japan
and the changes facing the automotive industry, in
2013, Toyota began a workshop program focused on
future communities and mobility based on the con-
cept of using cars as a learning material to foster
a spirit of inquiry and creativity. Programs for children
in elementary school and below include activities that
prompt participants to think about the roles of cars in
society using anthropomorphized cars and activities
in which they rediscover the value of mobility by
attaching steering wheels to everyday objects. For
junior high and high school students, we have devel-
oped and implemented programs including “3H
Drive,” in which participants plan a three-hour trip
that exploits the features of their community and
forms of mobility; “History Drive,” in which they learn
about the past and present to create the community
and the mobility of the future; and “Ideas Drive,” in
which they walk through the community to identify
challenges and imagine future forms of mobility. In the
programs for junior high and high school students, in
particular, we strive to provide opportunities for partic-
ipants to think about their communities and their con-
nections to society through the lens of mobility.
Going forward, we plan to expand these programs
across Japan in collaboration with a wide range of part-
ners under the name KURUMA-IKU Lab (Nurture with
Cars Lab). We will involve communities, providing
opportunities for children and adults to interact on a level
Program for children in elementary school and below
Held so far in locations in Tokyo, Nagoya, Toyota, Hakodate, and Austria
Program for junior high and high school students
Held so far in locations in Kanazawa, Onomichi, Kawasaki, Okayama,
and Minami-Ise
Our Vision for
KURUMA-IKU
Parents learn from children’s
creativity and communication
Children
+ Parents
Think about questions with
no one right answer
Children and adults learn
from one another
Involve local communities
and catalyze horizontal
connections
Local
communities
Toyota Motor
Corporation
Learn what makes a quality
mobility experience
Network with
government, schools and
companies
Use insights gleaned to create
future mobility markets and mobility
experiences
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employees to gain new insights into the future of mobility
along the way. We hope to expand the range of these
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Taking Our Founding Principle of
Social Contribution Global
Toyota has a long history of social contribution that
traces back to the desire of Sakichi Toyoda—the
father of Toyota Motor Corporation’s founder, Kiichiro
Toyoda—to support inventions that would enrich peo-
ple’s lives. Kiichiro and his team, who together built
Toyota’s automotive business, kept this spirit of social
contribution alive after Sakichi’s death, espousing the
concepts of contributing to the development and wel-
fare of the country and remembering to always be
grateful. These concepts were eventually woven into
the Five Main Principles of Toyoda, the Guiding
Principles at Toyota and the Toyota Global Vision. In
these various forms, this spirit of social contribution
has been handed down to today.
In addition to contributions made through its busi-
nesses, Toyota is pursuing social contribution in three
designated global priority fi elds: the environment,
traffi c safety, and education. We are also promoting
activities in social, cultural and other fi elds to meet
the social needs of specifi c countries and regions,
utilizing our technologies, expertise, and other
resources to proactively advance initiatives.
Furthermore, Toyota strives to support volunteering
and to sustain automotive and manufacturing cultures.
Specifi cally, in the area of the environment, Toyota
actively provides environmental education, supports
environmental programs, and undertakes greenifi ca-
tion. As forests are an important basis of a sustainable
society, Toyota carries out ongoing stewardship and
preservation, based on appropriate management, of
the woodlands that it owns. Toyota also implements
environmental activities in and outside Japan with an
emphasis on collaboration with local and regional
communities, and its employees volunteer on their
own to undertake regional environmental preservation.
In the area of traffi c safety, Toyota carries out multi-
faceted activities focused on the three distinct pillars of
people, cars, and the traffi c environment with the aim
of completely eliminating traffi c casualties. As a part of
these efforts, since the 1960s Toyota has been conduct-
ing activities targeting people—such as drivers and
pedestrians—to raise awareness of traffi c safety, and it
implements a variety of programs for a wide range of
people on an ongoing basis. In recent years, such pro-
grams have also been launched at overseas affi liates.
In the area of education, based on the principle that
monozukuri is about developing people, Toyota imple-
ments occupational and educational support initiatives
as well as activities designed to cultivate participants’
sensibilities and convey the importance of monozukuri
(manufacturing) in order to promote the development
of the leaders of tomorrow worldwide.
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Social Contribution Activities
Hands-on nature program for local
elementary school students (Japan)
Support for free cleft palate surgery
project (Venezuela)
White Road traffi c safety program
for children (Thailand)
Support for toilet construction and
improving hygienic habits (India)
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Employees
Toyota prioritizes respect for people, aiming to
provide employees with opportunities to make
social contributions and realize self actualization
through their work and to allow them to exercise
their ability to think, create, and take action.
To achieve this goal, a relationship of mutual
trust and mutual responsibility between labor and
management is essential. In such a relationship,
the company places the highest priority on ensur-
ing stable employment for its employees and pro-
actively strives to improve labor conditions, while
employees do their utmost to enhance the pros-
perity of the company. This philosophy is shared
by all Toyota affi liates around the world and is
refl ected and implemented in Toyota’s manage-
ment and policies.
Toyota believes that this approach leads not
only to management that operates with respect
for people, but to customer satisfaction and
social contribution.
Fundamental Approach regarding Human Resource Development
Toyota is committed to developing human resources
in accordance with its philosophy that monozukuri
(manufacturing) is about developing people. In order to
sustain growth, it is important to strive toward achiev-
ing people-centric monozukuri and to utilize the wis-
dom of our people to make constant improvements.
Furthermore, in light of the globalization of Toyota’s
businesses amid the world’s many cultures and cus-
toms, to make ever-better cars and carry out our
Customer First policy, all employees must share cer-
tain values.
To this end, Toyota is implementing human
resource development aimed at sustainable growth
through a global educational program centered on
the application of the Toyota Way. On-the-job training
(OJT), a crucial part of developing and passing down
Toyota’s tradition of superior monozukuri, is the foun-
dation of this program.
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On the Job Training
Human Resource Development
Rooted in Genchi Genbutsu
In line with Toyota’s concept of Genchi Genbutsu
(onsite, hands-on experience), we believe that the
workplace is the basis for human resource develop-
ment at Toyota. Being mentored by supervisors and
senior colleagues and, in turn, mentoring subordinates
and junior colleagues to build mutually benefi cial
learning relationships in the course of daily work
Toyota’s Approach to OJT
OJT
Personnel
system
In tandem with OJT
Off-the-job
training
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(OJT) provide the basic experiences that drive profes-
sional growth. In addition, to supplement OJT, Toyota
offers a variety of off-the-job training programs.
Sharing the Values of
the Toyota Way Globally
We have organized job skills and techniques into a
framework that we call Global Content to help Toyota
employees around the world understand and prac-
tice the Toyota Way as a shared set of values and
ways of thinking.
Global Content is utilized by Toyota employees
through both on- and off-the-job training in Japan
and overseas. Providing a common language for
talking about ways of working, the Global Content
gives Toyota an advantage by providing a platform
for employees around the world to come together to
improve effi ciency.
Global Content Overview
Administrative and engineering employees
Shop fl oor employees
Policy management
(cid:129) Activities aimed at realizing Kaizen on a Company-wide
scale
(cid:129)Mechanisms to maximize overall output
On-the-job development (OJD)
(cid:129) A four-step method for human resource development
through regular business activities and instruction
Toyota Management Training Program
(cid:129) An overview of management roles at Toyota
(cid:129) Measures to implement for effective workplace man-
agement
Skills and roles of management and supervision
(cid:129) Manager and supervisor skills for optimizing standard
operations
(cid:129) Knowledge about organizational and team operations
gleaned from managing irregularities
Problem solving
(cid:129) An eight-step method for identifying and solving prob-
Problem solving
(cid:129) Techniques for improving current conditions in order to
lems (implementing the Toyota Way)
realize ideal working conditions
Ji Kotei-Kanketsu (built-in quality with ownership)
(cid:129) A three-step method for building quality into processes
Production skills
(cid:129) Knowledge regarding recognizing irregularities and key
points in tasks
(cid:129) Ability to correct irregularities
Basic skills
Minimum skills necessary for production line work
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
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Toyota Values
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Toyota Values
Employees
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion
Toyota has positioned the promotion of diversity
and inclusion in the workplace as an important
management strategy. We are working to create
workplaces where human resources with diverse
abilities and values can thrive and each individual
can achieve positive self actualization.
Diverse perspectives help to generate novel
ideas and uncover problems. Toyota aims to use
these contributions to help enhance its competi-
tiveness and make ever-better cars.
Gender
Nationality
Age
Childcare/
Nursing
care
Diversity
&
Inclusion
Disability
Work Style Reforms
Toyota is advancing work style reforms to improve
productivity and support employees seeking to con-
tinue working while raising children or providing nurs-
ing care for a family member. In October 2016, we
expanded our existing telecommuting system with
the introduction of the Free Time & Location (FTL)
system. By adopting more fl exible work styles,
Toyota aims to make the most of each individual’s
abilities and maximize results. While the previous
telecommuting system was available only to employ-
ees with childcare or nursing care responsibilities, all
employees that meet certain conditions can request
the permission of their supervisors to use the FTL
system. As of March 31, 2017, of the approximately
13,000 employees who qualify for the FTL system,
approximately 2,300 are using it.
Over the next two years, Toyota plans to distribute
dedicated computers for telecommuting to employ-
ees eligible to work from home. We have received a
great deal of positive feedback from users of the pro-
gram already, with employees commenting, for
example, that the system has made them more
aware of time and thus more effi cient when working,
and that they have more time to spend with family.
LGBT
Diversity Management
Toyota’s employees in managerial positions are lead-
ing diversity management initiatives to create work-
places where diverse human resources can thrive.
Toyota seeks to develop supervisors who successful-
ly implement diversity management. We are working
to develop supervisors who understand and support
the values and career goals of subordinates, taking
a fl exible approach to management to produce
results at the organizational level while also giving
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ample consideration to the quality of the private lives
of themselves and their subordinates.
To develop such supervisors, Toyota implemented
a trial program in which 200 employees in managerial
positions tried working from home. More than 90% of
participants found that working from home was help-
ful and noticeably improved their productivity. These
results are helping to foster a culture in which
employees use the telecommuting programs avail-
able to them.
Developing Executives Globally
The GLOBAL 21 program is aimed at developing
executives globally. The program serves to enable
outstanding human resources from around the world
to obtain the skills and discernment expected of
global-level Toyota executives and to fully realize their
individual strengths in their respective roles. The pro-
gram consists of the following three pillars.
1. Ensuring understanding of our management
philosophy and the expectations of executives
We are applying the Toyota Way and Toyota Global
Vision, incorporating them into global personnel eval-
uation systems and education.
2. Personnel management
We are unifying evaluation standards and processes
globally to ensure fairness and consistency. Our main
evaluation criteria are individuals’ ability to set tasks,
carry out tasks, manage their organization, and effec-
tively utilize human resources as well as the level of
trust and respect that others have for them. We
assign and transfer human resources on a global
basis, across countries, regions, and functions.
3. Development framework and education programs
We are allocating human resources and developing
executives globally. Our development of human
resources at overseas affi liates is based on education
conducted by affi liates in each region, with OJT at
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) so that participants
can learn Toyota-style ways of working. In addition,
we are also implementing a program similar to
GLOBAL 21 for employees of TMC.
Localizing the Management of Overseas
Affi liates
Taking a long-term perspective, Toyota seeks to
localize the management of its overseas affi liates,
with deciding what to do as the role of TMC in Japan
and deciding how to do it the role of local affi liates.
In principle, chief offi cers and other executives
responsible for operations in overseas regions are
stationed in their respective regions as part of efforts
to create a management system closely rooted in
local communities.
We also actively hire and promote local human
resources. As of July 2017, three of the Group’s eight
regional headquarters are led by non-Japanese chief
offi cers, and TMC’s top management includes seven
non-Japanese nationals (of whom one is an Outside
Member of the Board of Directors). Local employees
hold 65.8% of Toyota’s overseas executive positions.
Overseas Executive Positions Held by
Local Employees
(%)
Fiscal year
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Local
employees
60.1
64.7
62.9
62.6
65.8
Non-Japanese Executives in Charge of
Operations in Overseas Regions
Region
Name
Title
North America Region James E. Lentz
Senior Managing Offi cer
Europe Region
Johan van Zyl
Senior Managing Offi cer
Latin America &
Caribbean Region
Steve St. Angelo
Senior Managing Offi cer
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Employees
Toyota’s Work Style Innovation: Comments from the Field
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Are We Falling Behind?
The Realization
That Propelled Us
to Aim for the Top
Next-Generation Purchasing
Team, Purchasing Group
In 2014, in line with President Toyoda’s announcement of Toyota’s “intentional pause,” we
began reforms. First, through comparisons with other companies, we identifi ed Toyota’s
strengths and weaknesses. We found that, while Toyota’s purchasing processes had
been ahead of their time in 2000, they had not changed much since then. Specifi cally, we
found weaknesses in horizontal global transactions and that Toyota was lagging behind
its competitors in this area.
Our long history of diligently working to reduce costs in cooperation with suppliers as
business partners is one of our unique strengths. While reducing prices from a Genchi
Genbutsu (onsite, hands-on experience) perspective is the core of this work, when we
closely examined buyers’ workfl ows, we found that a great deal of time was tied up with
paperwork before they even got to that stage.
To address this, we have been breaking down the entire division’s work process fl ows,
including those overseas, by degree of depth and detail, reorganizing them into new pro-
cesses with the aim of globalizing purchasing operations. The realization that we were
falling behind other companies propelled us forward, providing the urgency needed to
tackle major reforms.
Rolling out TNGA
Globally with Photos
and Comments
MS General Assembly
Engineering Division
Aiming to make ever-better cars and enhance competitiveness under the Toyota New
Global Architecture (TNGA), we have been steadily switching over to new processes at
our assembly plants around the world. The lead times required to get factories up and
running have shrunk dramatically over the course of the TNGA roll out, and we are now
working at a speed unprecedented in automobile manufacturing. We are striving to maxi-
mize effi ciency as we set up the TNGA globally. This necessitates sharing information
about problems and effective countermeasures found at the factories in Japan that
switched over fi rst in as close to real time as possible. If information about issues on the
ground is shared only after things have settled down, it will be too late to prevent the
same kinds of problems from cropping up elsewhere.
To deal with this, we set up a dedicated internal SNS for TNGA where we could post
and share photos and video from security cameras with comments. This has enabled the
sharing of information from the plants involved in the fi rst wave of transition in Japan with
those overseas in later waves as well as sharing between overseas plants. Furthermore,
automatically sharing the information on the SNS with equipment specialists in Japan has
helped us get expert comments and advice whenever needed. This system is the prod-
uct of Toyota’s corporate culture of helping those in trouble and offering mutual support,
and we expect it to positively impact human resource development, as well.
Finding My Own
Leadership Style by
Balancing Work
and Home
Natsumi Kakiuchi
Engine Manufacturing
Division 1, Kamigo Plant
I serve as a team leader for conveying operations on the engine production line. My hus-
band, like me, works on the shop fl oor, and we have a 10-year-old at home. My husband
and I strive to ensure our child isn’t left alone, even when the two of us have back-to-
back shifts on a two-shift schedule.
I think that my ability to communicate effectively with my colleagues to facilitate our
work is a strength of mine. I wasn’t always the leader type, though; those who knew me
when I fi rst came to Toyota might hardly recognize me now. When I became a parent,
there were certain things that, for the sake of my child, I was determined not let slip, no
matter what. I think that being a parent gave me that strength, which I am now able to
apply at work. Still, juggling work and childcare really is hard. It has shown me, though,
that with the right tweaks both at work and at home, anyone can become a leader. It’s
important to create an atmosphere in which everyone at work is supportive, even if, for
example, someone suddenly has to take a day off. And in return, those juggling both
work and home responsibilities will strive to do what they can, as best they can. I think
that this kind of mutual understanding and support will help women and other employees
juggling home responsibilities excel.
Finding New Ways to
Work Thanks to
Telecommuting
MS Product Planning Division
Shinya Mori
I live with my wife, who has an offi ce position, and our two year old. At work, I serve as
the team leader of a cost planning team, and my wife and I both use the FTL* system to
balance childcare and work.
Everyone on my team, including those without children, uses the FTL system. I use the
system to go home early, take care of childcare tasks, then work at home. To improve
productivity by using time more effectively—one of the advantages of the FTL system—
focusing on results at the team level is crucial. To that end, I think it’s necessary to share
common work practices so that anyone can tell where things stand, no matter where
they are or when they check. The FTL system has been greatly benefi cial, allowing me to
maintain my output at work while increasing the time I spend with my family.
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
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Corporate Governance
Fundamental Approach
Toyota regards sustainable growth and the stable,
long-term enhancement of corporate value as essen-
tial management priorities. Building positive relation-
ships with all stakeholders (including shareholders,
customers, business partners, local communities,
and employees) and consistently providing products
that satisfy customers are key to addressing these
priorities. To this end, Toyota constantly seeks to
enhance corporate governance. Moreover, the
Company complies with the general principles of the
Corporate Governance Code promulgated in June
2015. The specifi cs of these efforts are discussed by
the Corporate Governance Meeting and reported to
the Board of Directors.
Toyota’s Corporate Governance (Emphasizing Frontline Operations + Multidirectional Monitoring)
Toyota is a company with an Audit & Supervisory Board. Three of the nine members of Toyota’s Board of Directors are outside members, and three of the six members of its
Audit & Supervisory Board are outside members. In addition to auditing carried out by the Audit & Supervisory Board and an external accounting auditor, Toyota incorporates
the perspectives of diverse stakeholders, including outside experts, to deliberate on and monitor management and corporate conduct.
Appointment
Audit & Supervisory Board:
6 including 3 outside
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
External Accounting Auditor
Audit for consolidated fi nancial
statements and internal control
over fi nancial reporting
Shareholders’ Meeting
Appointment
Board of Directors:
9 including 3 outside directors
Audit
Decision making and management oversight
Appeal/Report
Supervise
Operating Offi cers
Operational Execution
Audit
Head Offi ce
Business Units
In-house
companies
Supervise
Corporate Governance Council
Governance and risk management
Audit
Suggestion
Executive Appointment Meeting/
Executive Compensation Meeting
Advice
Dialogue
International Advisory Board
Labor-Management Council/
Joint Labor-Management
Round Table Conference
Report
Disclosure Committee
Disclosure control systems
Internal Auditing Department
Internal control systems
Business Execution and Supervision
Toyota has established rules governing its Board of
Directors that clearly lay out the matters to be dis-
cussed by and reported to the Board. In accordance
with these rules, management execution is delegated
to operating offi cers, helping to ensure rapid decision
making and appropriate oversight.
With the aim of achieving the Toyota Global Vision,
Toyota has been implementing ongoing revisions in
its operational framework in order to quickly respond
to the unprecedented rapid changes occurring in the
external environment. Toyota introduced region-
based management in 2011, followed by the busi-
ness unit system in 2013 and the in-house company
system in 2016.
More details Business Execution Framework, p. 8
Under the in-house company system, product-
based in-house companies handle integrated opera-
tions spanning from product development to
production. These companies work with the Business
Planning & Operation Unit to promote the develop-
ment of ever-better cars from the customer’s
viewpoint (the existing region-based business units
were reorganized into this unit in April 2017).
In April 2017, to accelerate decision-making and
business execution, Toyota more clearly delineated
the roles of the Members of the Board of Directors as
decision making and oversight, and the role of exec-
utives as business execution.
The Corporate Planning Meeting operates under
the Board of Directors. This meeting considers growth
strategies, factoring in the positive impacts that
Toyota’s operations have on various social issues, and
works with management to promote CSR and
enhance corporate value on a Company-wide basis.
The Corporate Governance Meeting provides opera-
tional oversight by deliberating on issues related to the
governance structure arising in the course of the
implementation of these growth strategies.
Toyota has also established an International
Advisory Board, comprising experts from around the
world. The board provides advice on management
issues from a global perspective as needed. Toyota
also deliberates on and monitors management and
corporate conduct from the diverse stakeholder per-
spectives provided by a wide variety of meetings,
such as the Labor-Management Council/Joint Labor-
Management Round Table Conference.
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Corporate Governance
Board of Directors
Audit & Supervisory Board
Toyota’s Board of Directors comprises nine members,
three of whom are outside members. The Members
of the Board of Directors are selected based on com-
prehensive consideration of suitability with the aim of
ensuring prompt, appropriate decision making and
appointing the right person to the right position.
Toyota believes that it is crucial to appoint individuals
who comprehend and are capable of putting into
practice its core concepts of making ever-better cars
and Genchi Genbutsu (onsite, hands-on experience).
Moreover, these individuals must be able to contrib-
ute to decision making aimed at sustainable growth
into the future. Toyota’s Executive Appointment
Meeting, half the members of which are Outside
Members of the Board of Directors, makes recom-
mendations to the Board of Directors regarding such
appointments. In order to ensure that outside per-
spectives are adequately refl ected in management
decision making, the Company has three Outside
Members of the Board of Directors, all of whom are
registered as independent offi cers with the relevant
fi nancial instruments exchanges. When selecting
Outside Directors who will serve as independent offi -
cers, Toyota considers candidates in line with the
requirements set forth in the Companies Act and the
standards of independence established by the rele-
vant fi nancial instruments exchanges. Toyota’s
Outside Members of the Board of Directors draw on
their broad experience and insight, including their
respective fi elds of expertise, to inform decision mak-
ing from a perspective that is independent of busi-
ness execution.
Toyota has adopted an Audit & Supervisory Board
system. The six Audit & Supervisory Board Members
(including three outside members) play a key role in
Toyota’s corporate governance by undertaking audits
in line with the audit policies and plans established by
said board. Toyota’s appointments to the Audit &
Supervisory Board are based on the belief that candi-
dates must offer broad-ranging experience and
insight, particularly in their respective fi elds of exper-
tise, and be able to audit business execution and
advise management from a fair and neutral stand-
point. Toyota’s Executive Appointment Meeting, half
the members of which are Outside Members of the
Board of Directors, makes recommendations to the
Audit & Supervisory Board regarding such appoint-
ments. Three individuals, all of whom are registered
as independent offi cers with the relevant fi nancial
instruments exchanges, have been appointed as
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members. When
selecting Outside Audit & Supervisory Board
Members, Toyota considers candidates in line with
the requirements set forth in the Companies Act as
well as the standards of independence established by
the relevant fi nancial instruments exchanges.
Remuneration of Members of the Board of
Directors and Audit & Supervisory
Board Members
Basic remuneration and bonuses for Members of the
Board of Directors are effectively linked to corporate
performance while refl ecting individual job responsi-
bilities and performance. Remuneration standards in
each member’s home country are also taken into
account when determining remuneration amounts
and methods. Bonuses are paid based on the
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relevant fi scal year’s consolidated operating income,
comprehensively taking into account dividends, the
levels of bonuses for employees, trends at other
companies, medium- to long-term business perfor-
mance and past remuneration. Because the role of
Outside Members of the Board of Directors includes
monitoring and supervising management from an
independent standpoint, they are not paid bonuses.
Director remuneration and bonuses are decided by
the Board of Directors with reference to proposals
submitted by the Executive Remuneration Meeting,
half the members of which are Outside Members of
the Board of Directors.
Remuneration for Audit & Supervisory Board
Members consists only of fi xed basic payments and
does not include bonuses. As a result, this remunera-
tion is not readily impacted by business performance,
helping to ensure independence from management.
Remuneration for Audit & Supervisory Board
Members is determined by the Audit & Supervisory
Board within the scope determined by resolution of
the Shareholders’ Meeting.
Analysis and Evaluation of
the Effectiveness of the Board of Directors
Based on instruction given by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the Secretariat of the Board of
Directors conducts quantitative analyses of the exe-
cution of the Board of Directors’ duties, followed by a
survey of the members of the Board of Directors and
Audit & Supervisory Board on the execution of such
duties and its oversight. Furthermore, based on the
results of this survey, the secretariat conducts individ-
ual interviews with the Outside Members of the Board
of Directors and the Outside Members of the Audit &
Supervisory Board. The Secretariat of the Board of
Directors compiles the results of these efforts and
presents them to the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, after which they are reported to and
discussed by the Board of Directors. In fi scal 2017,
these evaluations found that the Board was effective.
The insights gleaned from these evaluations regard-
ing information sharing and administration are being
used in fi scal 2018 to further improve effectiveness.
Fundamental Approach to and
Maintenance of Internal Control Systems
Basic Stance on System for Ensuring Appropriate
Business Operations
Toyota and its subsidiaries work to foster a sound
corporate culture based on the Guiding Principles at
Toyota and the Toyota Code of Conduct. Toyota inte-
grates the principles of problem identifi cation and
Kaizen into its operational processes and continuous-
ly strives to develop employees who will put these
principles into practice.
System to Ensure Appropriate Operations
Toyota endeavors to maintain and properly operate
a system for ensuring the appropriateness of business
operations as a corporate group in accordance with
its Basic Policies on Establishing Internal Controls.
Each fi scal year, Toyota inspects the maintenance and
implementation of internal controls to confi rm that the
organizational units responsible for implementing
internal controls are functioning autonomously and
enhancing said controls as necessary. The fi ndings of
these inspections are reviewed by the Corporate
Governance Meeting and Board of Directors.
For further information on Toyota’s fundamental
approach to internal control systems and the mainte-
nance of such systems, please refer to “IV. Basic
Approach to Internal Control System and its
Development” in the Corporate Governance Report.
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Corporate Governance
Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members (As of June 14, 2017)
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oyota Value
Toyota Values
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Members of the Board of Directors
Full-Time Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Takeshi Uchiyamada
Didier Leroy
Ikuo Uno
Outside and Independent Director
Masaki Nakatsugawa
Yoko Wake
Outside and Independent Member
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Shigeru Hayakawa
Shigeki Terashi
Haruhiko Kato
Outside and Independent Director
Masahiro Kato
Teisuke Kitayama
Outside and Independent Member
President, Member of the Board of Directors
Akio Toyoda
Osamu Nagata
Mark T. Hogan
Outside and Independent Director
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Yoshiyuki Kagawa
Hiroshi Ozu
Outside and Independent Member
Table of Contents
Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Risk Management
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Toyota Values
oyota Value
Toyota Values
Beneath the global CRO are regional CROs
activities, review and report on major current risk
Business and Other Risks
Fundamental Approach
appointed to oversee specifi c regions, and each
items, and review the status of improvements and
Industry and Business Risks
Toyota has been working to reinforce its risk manage-
Within the head offi ce, risk management is
system. Reports are also made on the status of initia-
ment systems since the series of recall issues in
assigned by function to chief offi cers and risk manag-
tives to address imminent and serious risks with
2010. In June 2010, Toyota established the Risk
ers, while in each in-house company, risk manage-
global implications. In these ways, the meeting
Management Committee (now the Corporate
ment is assigned to the company president and
endeavors to manage and prevent risk.
region has its own risk management structure.
reinforcements to each region’s risk management
(cid:129) The worldwide automotive market is highly competitive
(cid:129) The worldwide automotive industry is highly volatile
(cid:129) Toyota’s future success depends on its ability to offer
new, innovative and competitively priced products that
meet customer demand on a timely basis
(cid:129) Toyota’s ability to market and distribute effectively is an
integral part of Toyota’s successful sales
Governance Meeting) and appointed risk managers
company risk managers. These individuals coordinate
In addition, the meeting advances special mea-
(cid:129) Toyota’s success is signifi cantly impacted by its ability to
for the global group and each business division as
and cooperate with the regional head offi ces.
sures related to information security and business
part of global measures to prevent and mitigate the
continuity management (BCM), areas in which the
impact of risks that could arise in the course of busi-
Corporate Governance Meeting
level of risk facing corporations has been growing in
ness activities.
Toyota established the Corporate Governance
recent years.
maintain and develop its brand image
(cid:129) Toyota relies on suppliers for the provision of certain sup-
plies, including parts, components, and raw materials
(cid:129) The worldwide fi nancial services industry is highly
competitive
(cid:129) Toyota’s operations and vehicles rely on various digital
Meeting in April 2015 as a business supervisory
Risks related to Toyota’s businesses and other fac-
and information technologies
body. The meeting discusses the governance struc-
tors that could signifi cantly impact the decisions of
Financial Market and Economic Risks
Organization and Structure
ture with the goal of ensuring the success of growth
investors are listed in Toyota’s Form 20-F under the
Appointment of Risk Management Personnel
social challenges. Two of the yearly meetings of the
Market and Economic Risks; and Regulatory, Legal,
Toyota has appointed a global chief risk offi cer (CRO)
Corporate Governance Meeting are attended by the
Political, and Other Risks.
and business strategies in light of a wide range of
categories Industry and Business Risks; Financial
to head global risk management and established a
regional CROs, all chief offi cers and all in-house com-
structure under the global CRO to monitor risk on
pany presidents. This practice is intended to aid in
a daily basis. This structure enables the Company to
the initiation of action to prevent risks. Meeting partic-
respond immediately in the event of an emergency.
ipants comprehensively identify risks to business
WEB
Risk Management
(Sustainability Data Book 2017, p. 133)
WEB
Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2017
Organizational Diagram of Risk Management
(cid:129) Toyota’s operations are subject to currency and interest
rate fl uctuations
(cid:129) High prices of raw materials and strong pressure on Toyota’s
suppliers could negatively impact Toyota’s profi tability
(cid:129) A downturn in the fi nancial markets could adversely
affect Toyota’s ability to raise capital
Regulatory, Legal, Political, and Other Risks
(cid:129) The automotive industry is subject to various governmen-
tal regulations
(cid:129) Toyota may become subject to various legal proceedings
(cid:129) Toyota may be adversely affected by natural calamities, polit-
ical and economic instability, fuel shortages or interruptions
in social infrastructure, wars, terrorism, and labor strikes
Respective regions
Regional CROs
Regional
functions
Board of Directors
Corporate Governance Meeting
Risk management
Risk management
Chairman: Global CRO
Chairman: Global CRO
Executive Vice President Shigeki Terashi
Executive Vice President Shigeki Terashi
Respective groups
(functional)
Respective
companies
Collaboration
Chief offi cers
Secretariats
for functions
Collaboration
Presidents
Companies’
risk managers
Collaboration
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Table of Contents
Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Corporate Philosophy Making Ever-better Cars (TNGA) Taking on the Future Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 Aiming to Be the Best in Town
Employees Corporate Governance Risk Management Compliance
Compliance
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oyota Value
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Fundamental Approach
Organization and Structure
Checks to Enhance Compliance
By incorporating improvement initiatives into each
year’s action plans, we ensure that these checks lead
The Guiding Principles at Toyota state that Toyota
Toyota established the Corporate Governance
In fi scal 2009, Toyota began implementing internal
to ongoing positive action.
shall “honor the language and spirit of the law of
Meeting in April 2015 as a business supervisory
checks to enhance its compliance structure. In fi scal
Moreover, subsidiaries are visited in order to keep
every nation and undertake open and fair business
body. The meeting discusses governance structure
2010 these checks were extended to subsidiaries in
track of their compliance efforts and provide them
activities to be a good corporate citizen of the world.”
with the goal of ensuring the success of growth and
and outside Japan. Since then, these checks have
support as needed.
Toyota believes that by adhering to this principle in its
business strategies in light of a wide range of social
been carried out and improved upon every year.
actions, it can fulfi ll its corporate social responsibility
challenges. Matters related to compliance are dis-
Results are reported to the Corporate Governance
and ensure compliance.
cussed by this meeting.
WEB
Compliance (Sustainability Data Book 2017, p. 138)
Meeting and used as a basis for further improvement.
In accordance with its basic internal control poli-
cies, Toyota promotes initiatives centered on the con-
struction of frameworks, including the adoption and
enforcement of the Code of Conduct as well as edu-
Organizational Diagram
Activity Diagram
cation and other means of human resource develop-
ment. Toyota has also established consultation
hotlines; any concerns that are reported to said hot-
Board of Directors
Within Toyota (HQ)
Secretariat and
specialized divisions
Individual
divisions
Distribution and
collection of
inspection sheets
Feedback
Support for
improvement
Subsidiary
Second-tier subsidiary
Self-
inspections
Incorporation
into policy
Self-
inspections
Incorporation
into policy
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lines are assiduously addressed to ensure that no
potential problem is overlooked.
Toyota Code of Conduct
The Toyota Code of Conduct (adopted in 1998 and
revised in March 2006) outlines the basic frame of
mind that all Toyota personnel should adopt and sets
forth concrete guidelines to assist them in upholding
the Guiding Principles at Toyota and doing their part
to ensure that Toyota carries out its corporate social
responsibility. A booklet containing the Toyota Code
of Conduct is distributed to all employees to better
enable them to put the code into practice in their own
lives both at work and in the community.
WEB
Toyota Code of Conduct
Corporate Planning
Meeting
Corporate Governance
Meeting
Self-
inspections
Incorporation
into policy
Major company-wide issues relat-
ing to overall corporate ethics,
compliance, and governance
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Table of Contents
Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Financial Information Financial Strategy Financial Results and Position Financial Summary
Financial Strategy
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Toyota Values
oyota Value
Toyota Values
Developing a Strong Financial Foundation
1. Growth: Continuous Investments for
Sustainable Growth in the Future
2. Effi ciency: Enhancing Profi tability and
Effi ciency of the Balance Sheet
3. Stability: Maintenance of Liquidity
The auto industry is on the verge of a once-in-a-century
We continue to work to strengthen our profi t structure.
Having experienced the global fi nancial crisis and the
We believe that by striving
turning point. We believe that artifi cial intelligence (AI),
Through the Toyota New Global Architecture, we
Great East Japan Earthquakes, we believe it is
to make ever-better cars
automated driving, robotics, and other new fi elds are
are working not only to dramatically enhance the basic
important to maintain a suffi cient level of net cash to
that provide value to cus-
especially important to the mobility of the future.
performance and product appeal of our cars, but also
cover both the fi xed costs for the automotive busi-
tomers and enriching lives
Given these circumstances, we must nurture both
to enhance development effi ciency by standardizing
ness for half a year and the refi nance requirement for
of communities we can sus-
the strengths that will enable us to survive today and
parts and components through grouping develop-
the fi nancial services for half a year. This represents a
tainably increase our corpo-
the strengths that will enable us to survive tomorrow.
ment. Furthermore, we will continue efforts to reduce
fi nancial foundation which enables Toyota to grow
rate value and enjoy stable,
If the strengths for surviving today are essentially
expenses and appropriately manage fi xed costs.
sustainably in any business environment.
ongoing development with
defense-oriented, then I think those for surviving
In terms of capital expenditure, we are working to
The above level of net cash is not only necessary
our stakeholders.
tomorrow are offense-oriented. We have always
thoroughly revise our expenditure priorities and
for creation of further corporate value but also essen-
Osamu Nagata
Chief Financial Offi cer,
Executive Vice President,
Member of the Board
of Directors
To realize this goal, we are implementing a fi nancial
sought to promote both, but I think we may have
plans, make equipment more compact, shorten pro-
tial for Toyota’s management in order to maintain
strategy based on the three pillars of growth, effi cien-
been shifting more toward the defensive. Going for-
cesses, enable multi-model production, facilitate
a full line-up in each region while responding to all
cy, and stability, striving to maintain balance between
ward, we will seek to focus more on our offense.
faster response to changes in production quantities,
options and opportunities, including next-generation
said pillars over the medium and long-terms.
We have already begun initiatives to this end
and make effective use of existing equipment in order
technologies and M&A.
through such measures as shifting resources to R&D
to improve productivity and reduce the need for
Through our full line-up and all-embracing
in key fi elds and investing through Toyota AI Ventures
investment.
approach, we are able to hedge risks and continue
and the Mirai Creation Investment Limited Partnership
We aim to make smart and effi cient use of man-
operations timely in an adequate scale no matter how
in order to secure technical prowess.
agement resources, including people, things and
and unexpectedly our business environment changes.
Moreover, we have spent around 1 trillion yen on
money, and by doing so maintain and enhance our
R&D investment, capital expenditure, and sharehold-
asset effi ciency.
In summary, it is our aim to establish a strong fi nan-
er returns each to date. However, this will not be
enough to provide new value going forward; we will
also need to work with partners in different industries
and new fi elds.
We will consider all available options, including
M&A, as we work to develop the strengths that will
enable us survive tomorrow.
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cial foundation which will support Toyota’s sustainable
growth by pursuing growth and effi ciency in the medi-
um to long-term while maintaining suffi cient stability.
Table of Contents
Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Financial Information Financial Strategy Financial Results and Position Financial Summary
Financial Strategy
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Toyota Values
oyota Value
Toyota Values
Model AA Class Shares
support Toyota from a long-term stand point. By
sustainable payment benchmarked at 30% of con-
ment. For the fi scal year to March 2017, we repur-
We appreciate opinions of our shareholders who
With regard to dividends, we strive for a stable and
and in response to changes in our business environ-
refl ecting them in Toyota’s management, we intend
solidated dividend payout ratio while considering fac-
chased 449.9 billion yen, equivalent to 69 million
Toyota issued the Model AA class shares to develop
to increase our corporate value further.
tors such as our fi nancial results, investment plans
shares as shareholder return.
a new relationship with shareholders. The purpose of
the issuance was to 1) raise funds for medium to
and liquidity. For the fi scal year to March 2017, we
Going forward, we intend to build a strong fi nancial
paid an annual dividend of 210 yen per share. Since
foundation while further improving profi tability. At the
long-term R&D activities, 2) enhance the base of
Shareholder Return
the interim period ended September 30, 2015, we
same time, we would like to enhance long-term rela-
long-term shareholders, and 3) diversify the means of
have pursued a better balance between interim and
tionships of trust with our shareholders through con-
fund raising. The raised funds will be utilized for R&D
Shareholder return is an important part of our man-
year-end dividends.
structive dialogues and stable shareholder return. On
in the areas of advanced and cutting-edge technolo-
agement policies. In principle, it is determined on the
As for repurchase of shares, we intend to exercise
the basis of this, we aim to realize both sustainable
gies such as fuel cells, infrastructure, information
basis of net income.
fl exibly in consideration of long-term capital effi ciency
growth and increased corporate value.
technology and highly intelligent mobility.
Dividend per Share and Net Income
(cid:2) Interim dividend (cid:2) Year-end dividend (cid:4) Net income (right axis)
Total Shareholder Return and Total Return Ratio
(Billions of yen)
2,500
(cid:2) Total amount of dividends (common shares) (cid:2) Total amount of dividends (First Series Model AA Class Shares)
(cid:2) Share repurchase for shareholder returns (cid:2) Share repurchase to avoid dilution of common shares
(Billions of yen)
1,600
(Yen)
250
200
150
100
50
0
140
75
65
120
70
50
100
35
65
90
55
35
45
25
20
50
30
20
50
30
20
90
60
30
200
125
165
100
210
110
210
110
65
75
100
100
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
-500
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
(FY)
’06/3
’07/3
’08/3
’09/3
’10/3
’11/3
’12/3
’13/3
’14/3
’15/3
’16/3
’17/3
Repurchase in connection with
the issuance of First Series
Model AA Class Shares
Repurchase in connection with
the disposition of shares to
Toyota Mobility Foundation
180.0
180.0
293.3
349.9
639.3
2.4
449.9
4.9
1,082.4
156.8
(FY)
’11/3
157.7
’12/3
522.9
631.3
645.5
627.5
285.0
’13/3
’14/3
’15/3
’16/3
’17/3
Total amount of
payment
(billions of yen)
Payout ratio*
292.1
384.6
443.2
313.5
141.1
156.8
157.7
285.0
522.9
631.3
645.5
627.5
21.3% 23.4% 25.9%
—
67.4% 38.4% 55.6% 29.6% 28.7% 29.0% 28.3% 34.6%
Total shareholder
return*1
(billions of yen)
Total return ratio*1, 2
156.8
157.7
285.0
702.9
924.6
1,287.2
1,082.4
38.4%
55.6%
29.6%
38.5%
42.5%
55.6%
59.1%
* Payout ratio: This is the ratio of (i) the amount of dividend per common share to (ii) net income attributable to Toyota Motor Corporation per common share.
*1 Excluding repurchase made to avoid dilution of common shares.
*2 Total Return Ratio: This is the ratio of (i) the sum of dividends on both common shares and the First Series
Model AA Class Shares and the amount of repurchase of common shares for shareholder return to (ii) net
income attributable to Toyota Motor Corporation.
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Table of Contents
Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Financial Information Financial Strategy Financial Results and Position Financial Summary
Financial Results and Position
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Toyota Values
oyota Value
Toyota Values
Consolidated Financial Results
Consolidated Financial Position
Reviewing the general economic environment for
increased by 215 thousand units, or 10.4%, to 2,274
FY2017 (April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017), with
thousand units in FY2017 compared with FY2016,
respect to the world economy, the U.S. economy has
primarily as a result of the active introduction of new
seen ongoing recovery due to increasing personal
products and the efforts of dealers nationwide.
consumption owing to improvements in employment
Toyota and Lexus brands’ market share excluding
Income before
2,193.8 billion yen
income taxes
(a decrease of 789.5 billion yen
and equity in
or 26.5% compared with
Cash and cash equivalents increased by 55.6 billion
yen, or 1.9%, to 2,995.0 billion yen at the end of
earnings of
affi liated
companies
FY2016)
FY2017 compared with the end of FY2016. The
increases or decreases for each cash fl ow activity
compared with the previous fi scal year are as follows:
and income conditions, and the European economy
mini-vehicles was 47.8%, while market share (including
Net income
1,831.1 billion yen
has continued its moderate recovery. Meanwhile,
Daihatsu and Hino brands) including mini-vehicles
weaknesses have been seen in some emerging
was 45.0%, representing a record high. Each
countries. The Japanese economy has been on
remained at as high a level as in FY2016. Meanwhile,
attributable to
(a decrease of 481.5 billion yen
Toyota Motor
or 20.8% compared with
Corporation
FY2016)
Cash fl ows from operating activities
Net cash fl ows from operating activities resulted in
an increase in cash by 3,414.2 billion yen in FY2017.
a moderate recovery due to improvements in
overseas vehicle unit sales increased by 75 thousand
Changes in operating income and loss for FY2017
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased
employment and income conditions.
units, or 1.1%, to 6,697 thousand units in FY2017
For the automobile industry, although markets
compared with FY2016, because of sales expansion
Marketing efforts
an increase of 210.0 billion yen
compared with FY2016
by 1,046.6 billion yen from 4,460.8 billion yen in
FY2016.
have progressed in a steady manner in the devel-
in Asia and Europe despite decline in sales in the
Effects of changes
a decrease of 940.0 billion yen
oped countries and expanded in China due to effects
Middle East.
of a sales tax cut on small cars, markets in resource-
rich countries have slowed down. Meanwhile, efforts
Result of Operation for FY2017
toward improvement across businesses in areas
Net revenues
27,597.1 billion yen
including automated driving technology, connected
vehicles, environmental technologies used in fuel cell
vehicles and electric vehicles, as well as car-sharing
and ride-sharing have become active.
Operating income
Under these conditions, consolidated vehicle unit
(a decrease of 805.9 billion yen
or 2.8% compared with
FY2016)
1,994.3 billion yen
(a decrease of 859.5 billion yen
or 30.1% compared with
sales in Japan and overseas increased by 290 thou-
FY2016)
sand units, or 3.3%, to 8,971 thousand units in
FY2017 compared with FY2016 (April 1, 2015
through March 31, 2016). Vehicle unit sales in Japan
in exchange rates
compared with FY2016
Cash fl ows from investing activities
Cost reduction
an increase of 440.0 billion yen
efforts
compared with FY2016
Net cash fl ows from investing activities resulted in
a decrease in cash by 2,969.9 billion yen in FY2017.
Net cash used in investing activities decreased by
Increase in
a decrease of 530.0 billion yen
212.6 billion yen from 3,182.5 billion yen in FY2016.
expenses and
compared with FY2016
others
Other
a decrease of 39.5 billion yen
compared with FY2016
Note: Translational impacts concerning operating income of overseas
subsidiaries and concerning provisions in foreign currencies at
the end of the fi scal year are included in “Effects of changes in
exchange rates” from the consolidated fi scal year ended March
31, 2017.
Cash fl ows from fi nancing activities
Net cash fl ows from fi nancing activities resulted in
a decrease in cash by 375.1 billion yen in FY2017.
Net cash used in fi nancing activities decreased by
48.4 billion yen from 423.5 billion yen in FY2016.
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Table of Contents
Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
17,833,695
18,209,553
(375,858)
Current liabilities
17,318,965
16,124,456
1,194,509
Financial Information Financial Strategy Financial Results and Position Financial Summary
Financial Results and Position
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Time deposits
Marketable securities
FY2017
(March 31, 2017)
FY2016
(March 31, 2016)
Increase
(Decrease)
Liabilities
2,995,075
1,082,654
1,821,598
2,939,428
1,032,034
1,511,389
55,647
50,620
Short-term borrowings
Current portion of long-term debt
310,209
Accounts payable
Trade accounts and notes receivable, less
allowance for doubtful accounts
2,115,938
2,000,149
115,789
Other payables
Accrued expenses
Finance receivables, net
Other receivables
Inventories
Deferred income taxes
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Noncurrent fi nance receivables, net
6,196,649
436,867
2,388,617
—
796,297
9,012,222
5,912,684
451,406
2,061,511
967,607
1,333,345
8,642,947
Investments and other assets
11,707,160
10,834,680
283,965
Income taxes payable
(14,539)
Other current liabilities
327,106
Long-term liabilities
(967,607)
Long-term debt
(537,048)
Accrued pension and severance costs
369,275
872,480
Deferred income taxes
Other long-term liabilities
Marketable securities and other securities
investments
7,679,928
7,439,799
240,129
Total liabilities
Mezzanine equity
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Toyota Values
oyota Value
Toyota Values
FY2017
(March 31, 2017)
FY2016
(March 31, 2016)
Increase
(Decrease)
(Yen in millions)
4,953,682
4,290,449
2,566,382
936,938
3,137,827
223,574
1,210,113
4,698,134
3,822,954
2,389,515
1,040,277
2,726,120
343,325
1,104,131
12,762,268
13,214,955
9,911,596
905,070
1,423,726
521,876
9,772,065
904,911
2,046,089
491,890
30,081,233
29,339,411
485,877
479,779
255,548
467,495
176,867
(103,339)
411,707
(119,751)
105,982
(452,687)
139,531
159
(622,363)
29,986
741,822
6,098
Affi liated companies
Employees receivables
Other
Property, plant and equipment
Land
Buildings
2,845,639
25,187
1,156,406
10,197,109
1,379,991
4,470,996
2,631,612
32,998
730,271
9,740,417
1,352,904
4,311,895
Machinery and equipment
11,357,340
10,945,267
Vehicles and equipment on operating leases
Construction in progress
5,966,579
474,188
5,652,622
513,953
214,027
Shareholders’ equity
(7,811)
Toyota Motor Corporation shareholders’ equity
17,514,812
16,746,935
767,877
426,135
456,692
Common stock, no par value
Additional paid-in capital
27,087
Retained earnings
397,050
484,013
397,050
548,161
17,601,070
16,794,240
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
640,922
610,768
159,101
412,073
313,957
Treasury stock, at cost
Noncontrolling interests
(39,765)
Total shareholders’ equity
(1,608,243)
(1,603,284)
668,264
861,472
18,183,076
17,608,407
—
(64,148)
806,830
30,154
(4,959)
(193,208)
574,669
Less – Accumulated depreciation
(13,451,985)
(13,036,224)
(415,761)
Total assets
48,750,186
47,427,597
1,322,589
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and
shareholders’ equity
48,750,186
47,427,597
1,322,589
Note: Mezzanine equity consists of the Model AA Class Shares, which is reported as a separate line item between Liabilities and Shareholders’ equity.
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Financial Information Financial Strategy Financial Results and Position Financial Summary
Financial Results and Position
Ever-Betetterer
Carss
EEEnrEEnrEnric
Enriching Lives
of Cof CCCof C
Communities
Stable Base
of Business
ToToyota a Value
Toyota Values
oyota Value
Toyota Values
Consolidated Statements of Income
(Yen in millions)
Consolidated Vehicle Sales
Net Revenues
Net revenues
Sales of products
Financing operations
Costs and expenses
Cost of products sold
Cost of fi nancing operations
Selling, general and administrative
Operating income
Other income (expense)
Interest and dividend income
Interest expense
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net
Other income (loss), net
Income before income taxes and equity in
earnings of affi liated companies
Provision for income taxes
Equity in earnings of affi liated companies
Net income
Less – Net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests
Net income attributable to
Toyota Motor Corporation
FY2017
(For the year ended
March 31, 2017)
FY2016
(For the year ended
March 31, 2016)
Increase
(Decrease)
27,597,193
25,813,496
1,783,697
25,602,821
21,543,035
1,191,301
2,868,485
1,994,372
199,453
158,983
(29,353)
33,601
36,222
28,403,118
26,549,111
1,854,007
25,549,147
21,456,086
1,149,379
2,943,682
2,853,971
129,410
157,862
(35,403)
(5,573)
12,524
2,193,825
2,983,381
628,900
362,060
878,269
329,099
1,926,985
2,434,211
(805,925)
(735,615)
(70,310)
53,674
86,949
41,922
(75,197)
(859,599)
70,043
1,121
6,050
39,174
23,698
(789,556)
(249,369)
32,961
(507,226)
(95,876)
(121,517)
25,641
(Thousands of units)
10,000
(Billions of yen)
30,000
8,871
9,116
8,972
8,681
8,971
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
28,403.1
27,234.5
27,597.1
25,691.9
22,064.1
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
FY
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
FY
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Operating Income and
Ratio of Operating Income to Net Revenues
Net Income Attributable to
Toyota Motor Corporation and ROE
(cid:3)(cid:3) Operating income
(cid:4)(cid:4) % to net revenues (Right scale)
(Billions of yen)
3,000
(cid:3)(cid:3) Net income attributable to Toyota Motor Corporation
(cid:4)(cid:4) ROE (Right scale)
(Billions of yen)
3,000
(%)
12.0
13.7
13.9
13.8
(%)
15.0
12.5
1,831,109
2,312,694
(481,585)
2,853.9
2,750.5
Note: Net income attributable to common shareholders for the fi scal year ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 is 1,821,314 million yen and 2,306,607
million yen, respectively, which is derived by deducting dividend and accretion to Model AA Class Shares of 9,795 million yen and 6,087 million
yen, respectively, from Net income attributable to Toyota Motor Corporation.
2,500
2,000
2,292.1
8.9
Net Income Attributable to Toyota Motor Corporation per Common Share
(Yen)
Basic
Diluted
605.47
599.22
741.36
735.36
(135.89)
(136.14)
1,500
6.0
1,320.8
10.1
10.0
10.0
2,500
1,994.3
8.0
2,000
7.2
6.0
1,500
1,823.1
8.5
1,000
500
0
4.0
1,000
962.1
2.0
500
0
0
2,312.6
2,173.3
10.6
10.0
1,831.1
7.5
5.0
2.5
0
FY
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
FY
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
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Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Ever-Betetterer
Carss
EEEnrEEnrEnric
Enriching Lives
of Cof CCCof C
Communities
Stable Base
of Business
ToToyota a Value
Toyota Values
oyota Value
Toyota Values
Financial Information Financial Strategy Financial Results and Position Financial Summary
Financial Results and Position
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Cash fl ows from operating activities:
Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities
Depreciation
Provision for doubtful accounts and credit losses
Pension and severance costs, less payments
Losses on disposal of fi xed assets
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net
Deferred income taxes
Equity in earnings of affi liated companies
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, and other
Net cash provided by operating activities
Cash fl ows from investing activities:
Additions to fi nance receivables
Collection of and proceeds from sales of fi nance receivables
Additions to fi xed assets excluding equipment leased to others
Additions to equipment leased to others
Proceeds from sales of fi xed assets excluding equipment leased to
others
Proceeds from sales of equipment leased to others
Purchases of marketable securities and security investments
Proceeds from sales of and maturity of marketable securities and
security investments
Payment for additional investments in affi liated companies,
net of cash acquired
Changes in investments and other assets, and other
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash fl ows from fi nancing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
Payments of long-term debt
Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
Proceeds from issuance of class shares
Dividends paid to Toyota Motor Corporation class shareholders
Dividends paid to Toyota Motor Corporation common shareholders
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests
Reissuance (repurchase) of treasury stock, and other
Net cash used in fi nancing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
(Yen in millions)
FY2017
(For the year ended
March 31, 2017)
FY2016
(For the year ended
March 31, 2016)
1,926,985
2,434,211
1,610,950
98,666
23,253
30,673
7,073
(53,299)
(362,060)
131,996
3,414,237
1,625,837
159,265
8,833
33,329
9,272
32,889
(329,099)
486,320
4,460,857
(13,636,694)
12,927,981
(1,223,878)
(2,317,559)
(13,549,278)
13,115,854
(1,282,545)
(2,776,671)
41,238
1,238,278
(2,517,008)
1,901,541
44,274
571,888
(2,969,939)
4,603,446
(3,845,554)
273,037
—
(3,697)
(634,475)
(63,936)
(703,986)
(375,165)
(13,486)
55,647
2,939,428
2,995,075
42,147
1,111,727
(2,197,477)
3,415,815
628
(1,062,744)
(3,182,544)
4,845,872
(4,176,202)
(10,903)
474,917
(1,225)
(704,728)
(73,129)
(778,173)
(423,571)
(199,871)
654,871
2,284,557
2,939,428
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Financial Information Financial Strategy Financial Results and Position Financial Summary
Financial Results and Position
Segment Operating Results
Automotive
FY2017
(As of and for the year ended March 31, 2017)
Net revenues for the automotive operations
decreased by 895.5 billion yen, or 3.4%, to 25,081.8
Net revenues:
Sales to external customers
Inter-segment sales and transfers
billion yen in FY2017 compared with FY2016, and
Total
operating income decreased by 756.0 billion yen, or
30.9%, to 1,692.9 billion yen in FY2017 compared
Operating expenses
Operating income
Assets
with FY2016. The decrease in operating income was
Investment in equity method investees
mainly due to the effects of changes in exchange
rates and the increase in expenses and others.
Depreciation expenses
Capital expenditure
Financial services
Net revenues for the fi nancial services operations
decreased by 72.6 billion yen, or 3.8%, to 1,823.6
billion yen in FY2017 compared with FY2016, and
FY2016
(As of and for the year ended March 31, 2016)
Net revenues:
operating income decreased by 116.7 billion yen, or
Sales to external customers
34.4%, to 222.4 billion yen in FY2017 compared with
Inter-segment sales and transfers
FY2016. The decrease in operating income was
mainly due to the increase in expenses related to
Total
Operating expenses
Operating income
credit losses and residual value losses in sales
Assets
Investment in equity method investees
Depreciation expenses
Capital expenditure
fi nance subsidiaries.
All other
Net revenues for all other businesses increased by
143.6 billion yen, or 12.2%, to 1,321.0 billion yen in
FY2017 compared with FY2016, and operating
income increased by 14.8 billion yen, or 22.3%, to
81.3 billion yen in FY2017 compared with FY2016.
Ever-Betetterer
Carss
EEEnrEEnrEnric
Enriching Lives
of Cof CCCof C
Communities
Stable Base
of Business
ToToyota a Value
Toyota Values
oyota Value
Toyota Values
(Yen in millions)
Inter-segment
Elimination and/or
Unallocated
Amount
Consolidated
—
27,597,193
(629,306)
(629,306)
(626,950)
(2,356)
7,915,579
90,193
—
12,014
—
27,597,193
25,602,821
1,994,372
48,750,186
2,845,422
1,610,950
3,541,437
(Yen in millions)
Inter-segment
Elimination and/or
Unallocated
Amount
Consolidated
—
28,403,118
(647,909)
(647,909)
(647,149)
(760)
8,179,682
78,776
—
(10,010)
—
28,403,118
25,549,147
2,853,971
47,427,597
2,631,389
1,625,837
4,059,216
Automotive
25,032,229
49,618
25,081,847
23,388,874
1,692,973
16,156,496
2,745,437
912,797
1,293,564
Automotive
25,923,813
53,603
25,977,416
23,528,418
2,448,998
15,621,757
2,532,644
900,434
1,389,289
Financial
Services
1,783,697
39,903
1,823,600
1,601,172
222,428
22,507,613
9,792
671,155
2,182,149
Financial
Services
1,854,007
42,217
1,896,224
1,556,998
339,226
21,709,010
9,168
697,991
2,638,111
All Other
781,267
539,785
1,321,052
1,239,725
81,327
2,170,498
—
26,998
53,710
All Other
625,298
552,089
1,177,387
1,110,880
66,507
1,917,148
10,801
27,412
41,826
Note: Unallocated corporate assets included under "Inter-segment Elimination and/or Unallocated Amount" for FY2017 and FY2016 are 9,177,953 million yen and 9,369,868 million yen, respectively, and consist primarily of
funds such as cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and portion of security investments held by TMC.
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oyota Value
Toyota Values
(Yen in millions)
Inter-segment
Elimination and/or
Unallocated
Amount
Consolidated
Table of Contents
Message from the President
Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Financial Information Financial Strategy Financial Results and Position Financial Summary
Financial Results and Position
Geographic Information
Japan
Net revenues in Japan increased by 71.3 billion yen,
or 0.5%, to 14,830.8 billion yen in FY2017 compared
with FY2016. However, operating income decreased
by 475.2 billion yen, or 28.3%, to 1,202.2 billion yen
in FY2017 compared with FY2016. The decrease in
operating income was mainly due to the effects of
changes in exchange rates and the increase in
expenses and others.
North America
Net revenues in North America decreased by 812.8
billion yen, or 7.4%, to 10,239.0 billion yen in FY2017
compared with FY2016, and operating income
decreased by 217.6 billion yen, or 41.2%, to 311.1
billion yen in FY2017 compared with FY2016. The
decrease in operating income was mainly due to the
increase in expenses and others as well as the
increase in expenses related to credit losses and
residual value losses, and the recording of valuation
losses on interest rate swaps stated at fair value,
both in sales fi nance subsidiaries.
Europe
Net revenues in Europe increased by 19.7 billion yen,
or 0.7%, to 2,681.0 billion yen in FY2017 compared
with FY2016. However, operating income decreased
by 84.6 billion yen to an operating loss of 12.2 billion
yen in FY2017 compared with FY2016. The decrease
in operating income was mainly due to the increase
in expenses and others.
Asia
Net revenues in Asia decreased by 184.0 billion yen,
or 3.7%, to 4,819.8 billion yen in FY2017 compared
with FY2016, and operating income decreased by
14.0 billion yen, or 3.1%, to 435.1 billion yen in
FY2017 compared with FY2016. The decrease in
operating income was mainly due to the effects of
changes in exchange rates.
Other (Central and South America, Oceania,
Africa and the Middle East)
Net revenues in other regions decreased by 49.1 bil-
lion yen, or 2.2%, to 2,161.0 billion yen in FY2017
compared with FY2016, and operating income
decreased by 50.2 billion yen, or 46.1%, to 58.6 bil-
lion yen in FY2017 compared with FY2016. The
decrease in operating income was mainly due to the
increase in expenses and others.
FY2017
(As of and for the year ended March 31, 2017)
Net revenues:
Japan
North America
Europe
Asia
Other
Sales to external customers
8,798,903
10,033,419
2,517,601
4,279,617
1,967,653
—
27,597,193
Inter-segment sales and transfers
6,031,965
205,672
163,438
540,204
193,421
(7,134,700)
—
Total
14,830,868
10,239,091
2,681,039
4,819,821
2,161,074
(7,134,700)
27,597,193
Operating expenses
13,628,623
9,927,897
2,693,283
4,384,642
2,102,380
(7,134,004)
25,602,821
Operating income (loss)
1,202,245
311,194
(12,244)
435,179
58,694
(696)
1,994,372
Assets
14,791,969
17,365,237
2,846,469
4,486,021
2,819,935
6,440,555
48,750,186
FY2016
(As of and for the year ended March 31, 2016)
Net revenues:
Japan
North America
Europe
Asia
Other
Inter-segment
Elimination and/or
Unallocated
Amount
Consolidated
Sales to external customers
8,588,437
10,822,772
2,507,292
4,475,623
2,008,994
—
28,403,118
Inter-segment sales and transfers
6,171,051
229,198
154,039
528,236
201,220
(7,283,744)
—
Total
Operating expenses
Operating income
Assets
14,759,488
11,051,970
2,661,331
5,003,859
2,210,214
(7,283,744)
28,403,118
13,081,966
10,523,151
2,588,915
4,554,670
2,101,305
(7,300,860)
25,549,147
1,677,522
528,819
72,416
449,189
108,909
17,116
2,853,971
14,291,434
16,622,979
2,612,210
4,415,700
2,579,113
6,906,161
47,427,597
Note: 1. Unallocated corporate assets included under “Inter-segment Elimination and/or Unallocated Amount” for FY2017 and FY2016 are 9,177,953 million yen and 9,369,868 million yen, respectively, and consist primarily of
funds such as cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and portion of security investments held by TMC.
2. “Other” consists of Central and South America, Oceania, Africa and the Middle East.
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Long-term Strategy
At a Glance
History
Initiatives for
Sustainable Growth
Financial Information
Non-Automotive Business/Corporate
Information and Stock Information
Financial Information Financial Strategy Financial Results and Position Financial Summary
Financial Summary (Consolidated)
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