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Toyota , city (1990 pop. 332,336), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a major industrial center dominated by the Toyota Motor Company, which produces passenger vehicles and auto parts there.

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Toyota, Honshū/Japan Koromo Renamed in 1938 after the head office of the Toyota Motor Company moved here that year. The Toyota Company was founded in 1902 by Sakichi Toyota (1867–1930) and the business was continued by his son, Kiichiroo.

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