There’s no end to the process of learning about the Toyota Way. I don’t think I have a complete understanding even today, and I have worked for the company for 43 years.

Being satisfied with the status quo means you are not making progress.

The element of competition was introduced in hybrids and that I believe will lead to the widespread use of hybrids,

There's no end to the process of learning about the Toyota Way. I don't think I have a complete understanding even today, and I have worked for the company for 43 years.

Being satisfied with the status quo means you are not making progress

In order to be recognized as good corporate citizen in the US, we have been fulfilling our responsibility to society, to the public at large. The trade issues between the US and Japan are not bound to become heated as we saw in the past. But we think we must make efforts to fulfill the local activities. We will remain very vigilant watching social and economic move in US in that regard.

In the United States people are getting more fuel conscious,

As of today I have not received any information suggesting that demand has been affected by higher prices in any significant way. I'm beginning to be worried about that just a little bit.

It would only be a result of our efforts to produce the world's best cars,

We want customers to be able to come, see, feel that these are different cars.