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  The recent Rally Challenge Toyota featured a big-name newcomer, with Kamui Kobayashi making his first appearance. Morizo assigned co-driving duti…

  2025.02.21

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  Golfer Hideki Matsuyama has been competing on the world stage as a Toyota athlete for more than a decade. He sat down with Toyota Times Sports f…

  2025.01.23

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  Three years after the hydrogen-powered Corolla began racing in the Super Taikyu Series, the 2024 season's final round featured announcements of ne…

  2025.01.20

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  With Chairman Akio Toyoda (aka Morizo) behind the wheel, the liquid hydrogen Corolla project is pioneering new options for decarbonization. More like-…

  2025.01.17

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  Ryo Tamura from London Boots 1-go 2-go makes another appearance on Toyota Times! We explore his journey to the Rally Challenge, full of rally fun a…

  2025.01.08

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  This year's Rally Japan was the most exciting yet. Behind the race where Team Toyota went for a comeback victory, the team members each had their…

  2024.12.04

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  At Rally Japan, which ran from November 21 to 24, Toyota and Hyundai battled it out to the very end. The next day, a special ad appeared in Japanese …

  2024.11.29

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  Toyota is tackling the challenges faced by motorsports and working to expand their reach. At a recent Super Taikyu event, the company unveiled a wor…

  2024.11.22

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  In-Depth Motorsports Coverage: From a Surprising Partnership with an F1 Team to the Most Casual…

  We start today by talking about the new partnership between MoneyGram Haas F1 Team and Toyota. What is the true meaning behind the statement, "This isn't a return to F1?" In the second half of the program, Toyota Times competes for the first time in the race with the lowest barrier to entry ever.…

  2024.10.23

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  Haas and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing have teamed up to advance motorsport and allow children to chase their dreams of driving the world's fastest cars. …

  2024.10.18

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  Seven Japanese athletes who took part in the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 dropped by the Toyota Times studio to reminisce and share st…

  2024.10.04

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  It's not just about honing cars but drawing us closer to a hydrogen society. Toyota Times brings you the latest hydrogen updates from the racetrack, in…

  2024.09.12

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  In 2021, Kyonosuke Morita found himself lost for words around para-athletes in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Having spent the past three years inter…

  2024.08.27

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  Five carmakers are enjoying the challenge of the Super Taikyu Series ST-Q class. During a press conference at the Round 2 Fuji 24 Hours Race, represe…

  2024.07.16

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  The liquid hydrogen Corolla took on its second Fuji 24 Hours Race. Despite a long stint in the pits, the car showed remarkable advances. We sum up thr…

  2024.07.09

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  Comedian Ryo Tamura from London Boots came to the Super Taikyu Fuji 24 Hours. In this video, his love of cars becomes clear from the flood of questi…

  2024.06.19

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  "I want to make a bright, fun future for the motorsports industry." Morizo talked about his decision to take the top position of the new organization that …

  2024.05.09

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  The racing series will be run by the newly launched Super Taikyu Mirai Organization, chaired by none other than Morizo, aka Akio Toyoda. What is the n…

  2024.04.30

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  Ichiro and Akio Toyoda. Despite dedicating their lives to entirely different pursuits, baseball and cars, the two have long enjoyed a close friendship. Now…

  2024.04.05

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  This season, the number of like-minded companies working to create a carbon-neutral society continued to grow through Super Taikyu. We caught up …

  2023.12.14

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  2023.12.12

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  Rally Japan is done and dusted. Over the contest's four days, Toyota Times followed the action behind the scenes to uncover the secrets of Team Toyot…

  2023.11.29

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  2023.11.24

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  With Team Principal Latvala in the driver's seat, Chairman Akio Toyoda suddenly found himself leading the team. A behind-the-scenes look at four days…

  2023.10.25

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  Following the FCEV garbage truck unveiled at Super Taikyu Round 4 in July, the season's fifth race featured an FCEV road service vehicle. As new trials …

  2023.10.20

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  No clutch pedal, no gear shifting, but this AT is faster than any manual. Toyota set out to develop a technology that could overturn an established moto…

  2023.10.19

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  2023.10.13

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  On the final day of Toyota Times' live coverage of Rally Hokkaido, Morizo--aka Chairman Akio Toyoda--visited the studio for an on-air interview with Hit…

  2023.10.12

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  Part two of a special program on the Toyota athletes aiming for Paris next year brings together five Japanese competitors for a candid talk show-style …

  2023.09.21

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  One year out from the big event, we are offering a showcase of Toyota athletes from around the world. Part 1 is packed with athlete video messages a…

  2023.09.14

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  Round 4 took the Super Taikyu Series to Autopolis in Oita Prefecture, where Toyota was joined by Kyushu-based partners working together to create a …

  2023.09.05

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  The fuel may have changed from gas to liquid, but Toyota's development is as agile as ever. See how far the car and hydrogen stations have come in j…

  2023.08.24

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  The Super Taikyu Series enables carmakers to trial new energy sources that could be the options for realizing a carbon-neutral society. In Round 2, ne…

  2023.07.20

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  Everyone Can Speak Openly - Hydrogen Engine 24-Hour Race Coverage - 3rd Annual Interview wit…

  Hydrogen engines first appeared in endurance racing more than two years ago. Each season, Toyota Times speaks with Shinya Yamamoto, the automotive analyst who has kept a sleepless eye on the annual 24-hour challenge. Ahead of the race, what were his thoughts on this endeavor in its th…

  2023.07.18

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  After just 18 months of development, Toyota's liquid hydrogen-fueled GR Corolla completed a 24-hour race. Toyota Times visited the genba to discover…

  2023.07.07

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  2023.06.22

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  As the 24 Hours of Le Mans celebrates its 100th anniversary, Chairman Akio Toyoda was there to unveil a new hydrogen-engine race car that would on…

  2023.06.22

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  Toyota's effort to expand decarbonization options through the Super Taikyu Series heads into its third year. At the latest season opener, a group of like-…

  2023.04.27

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  "We're under no illusions about the challenge ahead," tells President Koji Sato as Toyota looks to debut a car running on liquid hydrogen in May's 24-ho…

  2023.04.27

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  Just over a year after starting development, Toyota has finally unveiled a GR Corolla fueled by liquid hydrogen. The challenge to broaden decarbonizati…

  2023.03.09

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  The World Rally Championship (WRC) 2023 has started! Morizo and Jari-Matti Latvala, Team Principle for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team, sha…

  2023.02.10

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  To increase options for carbon neutrality and what form the next model should take, the GR86 is competing in the Super Taikyu Series. What was the id…

  2023.02.07

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  With the Super Taikyu Series, we are taking on the challenge of achieving carbon neutrality. This report summarizes the evolution of the hydrogen engi…

  2023.02.07

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  Five drivers took the stage for a panel discussion during Toyota's grassroots rally event in its home city of Toyota in Aichi Prefecture. A feast for rally fa…

  2022.12.26

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  The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team claimed the WRC triple crown for the second year running. To find out more about the team's leader, Toy…

  2022.12.02

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  Toyota Times showcases rally's exciting and fun aspects ahead of November's Rally Japan. Here, Yuta Tomikawa shines the spotlight on specialists beyo…

  2022.10.17

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  Toyota's hydrogen-powered car recently made its first appearance in Europe. What message did President Akio Toyoda hope to send as he jumped be…

  2022.09.28

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  Morizo and a rally legend drive a hydrogen-powered engine car on public roads for the first time! Here, Toyota Times shares key interview videos from…

  2022.08.31

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  "Our Allies in Achieving Carbon Neutrality": Automotive Analyst Shinya Yamamoto on Hydrogen En…

  Yamamoto last year described the hydrogen-powered engine as "a catalyst that unleashed our dreams." Since then, he has attended every race to se…

  2022.06.23

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  After a year since putting a hydrogen-powered engine on the racetrack, Toyota revealed that it has started research and development for commerciali…

  2022.06.23

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  2022.05.30

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  The challenge of taking on Super Taikyu with a hydrogen-powered car was all about expanding carbon-neutral options. In Season II, these options and …

  2022.04.12

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  In-depth coverage of Super Taikyu Round 1 at Suzuka Circuit--driver ambitions for the carbon-neutral fuel challenge, focal points for the coming seaso…

  2022.03.31

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  Toyota President Akio Toyoda appeared on the big screens at Suzuka Circuit on Fan Appreciation Day. Speaking as one of the fans, he shared an attach…

  2022.03.22

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  Why is Toyota now using its vehicle measurement motion capture analysis to help athletes? This story shows how this trial can create synergies betwe…

  2022.01.26

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  2021.12.16

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  Six Months of Evolution in Making, Transporting, and Using: Hydrogen-Powered Engine's Last Race …

  Part two of the final race of the 2021 Super Taikyu Series will take an overall look at how the race represented this year's challenge for carbon neutralit…

  2021.12.10

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  Ever-evolving Circle of Like-Minded Partners into Next Season: Hydrogen-Powered Engine's Last Ra…

  To explore options for carbon neutrality together through motorsports, top executives of car and motorcycle manufacturers who are rarely seen in on…

  2021.12.09

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  2021.10.21

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  Toyota's endeavor with the hydrogen-powered engine has continued and seen greater progress each time. Four months on from the first race in May, …

  2021.10.11

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  The Toyota Cheer Squad has a long history dating back to 1969. Why do its members give up their personal time to cheer on athletes? In this spotlight …

  2021.10.11

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  Toyota's endeavor with the hydrogen-powered engine has continued and seen greater progress each time. This time at Suzuka, from "major arteries" …

  2021.10.08

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  In the department that supports the activities of Toyota athletes are many people who are former Toyota athletes themselves. So what are their uniqu…

  2021.10.04

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  [Through the Finder] #5 Round 4 in Autopolis Expands Technology Options for Producing Green Hy…

  A series tracing the journey of ROOKIE Racing through the images of photographer Noriaki Mitsuhashi. Part 5: 2021 Super Taikyu Series Round 4 in Aut…

  2021.09.22

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  With the end of the Paralympics, Toyota received a video from the International Paralympic Committee. The video contained words of gratitude for the…

  2021.09.21

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  Agile Development Brings Bold Progress in Two Months - The Hydrogen-Powered Engine's Second …

  Years of improvement, akin to a full model change for production cars, in just two months - take a closer look at the hydrogen-powered Corolla's dram…

  2021.09.07

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  2021.09.06

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  At a meeting with Akio Toyoda on August 25, International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons presented a video to express gratitude for…

  2021.08.25

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  [Paralympic Sports Introduction] Watching the games is much more fun once you understand their …

  The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are finally about to start. Here we introduce the rules and highlights for all of the 22 competitions that will be held, …

  2021.08.24

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  "Chance to See New Aspects of Life": Former IPC Head Sir Philip Craven On the Tokyo 2020 Paraly…

  Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Toyota Times reporter Kyonosuke Morita spoke with former International Paralympic Committee President…

  2021.08.24

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  A group of Toyota engineers and technicians volunteered to develop a prosthetic blade for Keita Sato, a para-athlete and colleague. Behind the challen…

  2021.08.04

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  With the world standing moments away from the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Akio Toyoda delivered a video message to all Global Team Toyota athlete…

  2021.07.23

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  Establishing a Reconditioning Center is almost unprecedented in Japan's sports world. Toyota Times interviews the director on how and why the facility …

  2021.07.12

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  Hydrogen-Powered Engine: "A Catalyst that Unleashed Our Dreams" - Interview with Automotive A…

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  [Through the Finder] #4 Capturing the 24-Hour Race with the Hydrogen-Powered Engine From a 1-i…

  This series focuses on ROOKIE Racing's battles as told through photographs by photographer Noriaki Mitsuhashi, with this story covering Round 3 of th…

  2021.06.29

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  Why did Toyota Race with a Hydrogen-Powered Engine? A Close Look at the 24 Hours of Intense D…

  Toyota tackled an endurance race with a hydrogen-powered engine. Why throw this fledgling technology into such a demanding race? Morita took a cl…

  2021.06.11

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  For three years in his current role as JAMA chairman, Akio's actions have always been based on "missions" to contribute more, as the automotive indus…

  2021.06.04

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  The Corolla with a hydrogen-powered engine completed the 24-hour endurance race in May 2021. Toyota Times looks back on the 24 hours that may …

  2021.06.02

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  2021.05.25

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  ROOKIE Racing's Journey: What You Need to Know Before the 24H Endurance Race Challenge (extr…

  As Toyota has taken on the unprecedented challenge to compete in a hydrogen-engine-powered race car, a video showing the challenges of ROOKIE R…

  2021.05.21

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  Akio's Message to All "24H Team" Members: What You Need to Know Before the 24H Endurance Ra…

  This series focuses on Toyota's first 24-hour endurance race using a hydrogen-powered engine. This fourth part shares Akio's message to all members…

  2021.05.21

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  Hydrogen Filling Holds the Key: What You Need to Know Before the 24H Endurance Race Challenge…

  This series focuses on Toyota's challenge to compete in a 24-hour endurance race using a hydrogen-powered engine. This third part spotlights Toyota's…

  2021.05.20

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  This series focuses on ROOKIE Racing's battles as told through photographs by photographer Noriaki Mitsuhashi, with this story covering Round 2 of th…

  2021.05.20

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  Drivers' Impressions of the Hydrogen-powered Engine: What You Need to Know Before the 24H End…

  This series tracks the Toyota team as it prepares to take on a 24-hour race in a car powered by a hydrogen engine car. In this second part, the drivers …

  2021.05.19

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  Encouraged to Compete in Both the Paralympic Summer and Winter Games: Para Athletic and Para…

  A natural talent to compete in two sports that blossomed as she grew. Supporting her all the way were friends she could trust and words that filled her…

  2021.05.18

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  How a Hydrogen-Powered Engine Differs from a Gasoline-Powered One: What You Need to Know B…

  This series introduces various aspects of what a challenge of a hydrogen-powered engine is all about before the 24-hour race from May 21 to 23. The …

  2021.05.17

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  Rhythmic gymnasts Nanami Takenaka & Sayuri Sugimoto on being Toyota employees and member…

  Rhythmic gymnast and new Toyota recruit Nanami Takenaka sits down for a chat with Sayuri Sugimoto, a rhythmic gymnastics national team captain a…

  2021.05.11

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  This series introduces how photographer Noriaki Mitsuhashi captures the battles of ROOKIE Racing through his viewfinder. The second in the series fea…

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  What kind of sound does a hydrogen-powered engine make? Following Toyota's recent announcement that it will test an under-developed hydrogen en…

  2021.04.28

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  Toyota has decided to put to the test in racing a suddenly announced hydrogen engine, even though there are no plans for sale at this moment. Akio T…

  2021.04.26

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  Tomoki Suzuki, a promising star in Para Athletics, has shown remarkable strength in recent competitions. Behind his success, diverse team staffs with u…

  2021.04.20

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  Learn athletes' challenges in competing with world-class rivals, with the support and expectation from people around them. The first in the series featu…

  2021.04.13

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  Toyota Times presents an interview conducted with rally driver Akira Miura, who won in his class in the 2021 Dakar Rally." Getting eight consecutive win…

  2021.01.19

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  This new Toyota Times series introduces how photographer Noriaki Mitsuhashi captures the battles of ROOKIE Racing. This installment zooms in on the…

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  Following a win at its debut race, the GR Yaris and ROOKIE Racing team ran into trouble after a crash during a practice run resulting in damage to the …

  2020.10.19

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  Cameras from Toyota Times follow Morizo as he joins the opening race of the Pirelli Super Endurance Series 2020. Includes behind the scenes exclusiv…

  2020.09.28

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  In the summer of 2019, we visited Naho Miyoshi (26 years old, Value Chain Business Development Div.) during a training session at the Aoi Gym in Nagoya City. The gym is the home base of Toyota Motor Corporation's women's basketball team―the Antelopes―of which she is a member. On the wall of the gym, lit by bright sunshine from outside, is a picture of the team mascot "Antenowa."In the first year of her working life, Naho was given the court name "Sun"in the hope that she would rise like a sun shining out over the team. Naho also hopes that she can live up to the name, and her cheerful an…

  2020.01.07

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  SEITO YAMAMOTO:"After crawling back up from the bottom, I hope to grab on to something that wi…

  Attempts to jump higher and higher―especially after one has been down―deserve respect. So we decided to make our way over to Kanagawa Prefecture to meet pole vaulter and two-time Olympian Seito Yamamoto. Yamamoto was training hard among scores of university students at the Yoko…

  2019.10.02

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  For as long as Marcus Fernaldi Gideon can remember, badminton has always been a huge part of his life. As a young child, he grew up watching his father, former national badminton legend and coach Kurniahu Gideon, train and compete internationally. At nine years old, Marcus began his career in…

  2019.09.19

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  Since returning to Singapore, Joseph Schooling has been training on a daily basis with other swimmers, including overseas swimmers. Today, one of th…

  2019.08.21

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  TAKESHI KAWAMOTO:"Do your best, not just for yourself but for the joy of those who support you" …

  There were already signals of the onset of a hot, tropical summer in Singapore. It was here at the mouth of the Singapore River, which twists its way through the urban landscape, where Singapore's most-iconic Merlion statue graces the waterfront, while the popular Marina Bay Sands resort is situated nearby, the combination of which created picture postcard views of this Asian city-state. While many people travel to Singapore for business or vacatio…

  2019.07.26

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  It was a cloudy and humid Wednesday, yet it was scorching 33 degrees Celsius temperature. The largest aquatic center in Singapore was quite lively at 4 pm, with more than half a dozen swimmers practicing in the pool, coaches busily providing instructions and recording the athletes'times. Waves and splashes in the pool were so tempting that even we wanted to jump in due to the humidity and heat. We were walking to the interview room when we first met him. It was the one and only Joseph Isaac Schooling. Wearing a light blue T-shirt, dark grey shorts and a friendly smile, he welcomed us warml…

  2019.07.10

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  Last November, we visited the Japan Institute of Sports Sciences in Tokyo's Akabane area, where Sayuri Sugimoto, captain of the rhythmic gymnastics …

  2019.05.15

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  Springtime 2006, Athens, Georgia: Jarryd Wallace, a standout runner and high school state champion with a promising future, was only 16. With looks li…

  2019.03.22

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  HARUNA SAKAMOTO:"Each ball. Each game. The accumulation of it all. The joy of winning." [Athlet…

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  2019.03.01

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  TOH WEI SOONG:"The true challenge is overcoming yourself and being true to what you can do." […

  When Singaporean para swimmer Toh Wei Soong was just two years old, he was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a chronic condition that restricts the use of his legs. There is no known cure for transverse myelitis. No longer able to run and play like he used to, Wei Soong ventured into the competitive world of swimming when he was 13. Since then, he has bagged an impressive tally of medals - including a bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games …

  2019.02.14

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  YUMA HATTORI:"I remembered all the things...that let me run with room to spare, both mentally an…

  It was September, and we were waiting in the lobby of the office building at the Toyota Tahara plant for a young man, Yuma Hattori, that we expected …

  2019.01.28

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  TAKESHI KABASAWA:"Things work better if you...take it easy and try to bring out your uniqueness."…

  Baseball infielder No.9, Takeshi Kabasawa, 29, works in Toyota Motor Corporation's Miyoshi Plant/Myochi Plant Administration Division, and shares his th…

  2019.01.16

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  It's 7:45 on a September morning. A blue Prius pulls into the parking lot at Toyota Motor Corp. headquarters in Toyota City. Sitting in the driver's seat is …

  2018.12.17

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  Shoma Uno (age 20, Toyota Sports & Corporate Citizenship Dept.) is a top-level athlete competing in men's figure skating. As a silver medalist of the Ol…

  2018.12.04

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  Tyrone Pillay is a 13-year Toyota employee at Toyota South Africa Motors. He is also an avid cricket fan, children's mentor, Para athlete, and Bronze medal Paralympian from the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games in Shot-Put. The following is based on a conversation we had with him in Septemb…

  2018.11.16

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  2018.09.10