Automotive and economic organizations

Automotive Organizations

Public relations activities by senior executives of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) focused on the automotive industry in the 1970s, but the scope of their activities steadily expanded starting in the mid-1980s. In 1984, then-Chairman Eiji Toyoda was appointed vice chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations ('Keidanren') and then-Senior Advisor Masaya Hanai was appointed vice chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations ('Nikkeiren').

Below is a description of the main activities of 'Automotive Organizations' and 'Economic Organizations', and our Toyota Motor Corporation director, who assume the Chairman.

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.

From 1967 when the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) was established until 2008, seven TMC senior executives served as its chairman, exercising leadership in resolving issues within the automobile industry (six persons following the merger of Toyota Motor Co. Ltd. and Toyota Motor Sales Co. Ltd.).

Senior Executives Who Served as Chairman of the JAMA

Term of office
Name
Title at the time of appointment
1972-1980
Eiji Toyoda
President, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.
May 1986-May 1990
Shoichiro Toyoda
President, Toyota Motor Corporation
May 1994-May 1995
Tatsuro Toyoda
President, Toyota Motor Corporation
May 1995-May 1996
Masami Iwasaki
Vice Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
May 2000-May 2002
Hiroshi Okuda
Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
May 2006-May 2008
Fujio Cho
Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
May 2012-
Akio Toyoda
President, Toyota Motor Corporation

Automobile Business Association of Japan

In June 1993, then-TMC Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda was appointed chairman of the Automobile Business Association of Japan. Shortly after his appointment, he proposed the construction of a building that several automotive organizations could all occupy (Nihon Jidosha Kaikan, the Japan Automobile Hall). The proposal was intended to consolidate the offices of the various organizations, which were dispersed throughout Tokyo, to improve cooperation among organizations, enhance information disclosures, and encourage external dialogue.

The JAMA merged with the Japan Motor Industrial Federation and the Japan Automobile Industry Association in May 2002, and a full-fledged consideration of the proposal began at that time. The Japan Automobile Hall opened in March 2004.