Shoichiro’s son Akio Toyoda recently announced he would step aside from his term as Toyota’s president. It is hard to ignore Shoichiro’s impact on the company’s history.

Shoichiro Toyoda was born on Feb. 27, 1925, in Nagoya, an industrial port city in central Japan, the second of four children of Kiichiro and Hatako Toyoda.

Shoichiro Toyoda was inducted into the U.S. Automotive Hall of Fame in 2007, honored for his achievements in cementing "Toyota’s reputation as one of the most recognized and celebrated auto ...

Shoichiro Toyoda, the second-generation leader of Japanese auto giant Toyota, who oversaw a major U.S. expansion in the 1980s with manufacturing plants and ambitious goals as Detroit’s carmakers ...

Shoichiro Toyoda is survived by his son Akio Toyoda who stepped down as Toyota’s CEO last month but still serves as chairman of the board. Toyota announced today that Shoichiro Toyoda has died ...

Shoichiro Toyoda, the son of Toyota Motor Corp founder and father of current chief executive Akio Toyoda, died on Tuesday of heart failure, the company said. Toyoda, who joined Toyota in 1952 ...

TOKYO — Shoichiro Toyoda, who oversaw Toyota’s expansion into international markets, died Tuesday of heart failure. He was 97. He was the son of the company’s founder, Kiichiro, and the ...

Shoichiro Toyoda, who as a son of the company’s founder oversaw Toyota’s expansion into international markets and was instrumental in establishing its plant in San Antonio, has died. He was 97 ...

TOKYO — Not long after Shoichiro Toyoda assumed the helm of his family's namesake company, he took two Toyota Crown sedans to the U.S. to see how they would perform in the market. It was 1957 ...

TOKYO—When Shoichiro Toyoda took the helm of his father’s company in 1982, about 6% of new cars sold in the U.S. were made by Toyota Motor Corp., compared with 43% from General Motors.

Shoichiro Toyoda, the son of Toyota Motor Corp founder and father of current chief executive Akio Toyoda, died on Tuesday of heart failure, the company said. He was 97.