Overall Chronological Table
Toyota events
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General events
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1921
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July
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Risaburo Toyoda and Kiichiro Toyoda leave to tour the spinning industry in Europe and the U.S.A.
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November
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Sakichi Toyoda establishes Toyoda Boshoku Shou in Shanghai, China
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November
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Washington Conference held
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Cumulative production of Ford T Model passes 5 million mark in the U.S.A.
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1923
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September 1
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The Great Kanto Earthquake (of 1923) strikes the Tokyo metropolitan area
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September
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Yanase Motors imports urgent order of 2,000 Buick and Chevrolet units from the U.S.A.
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October
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City of Tokyo imports some 800 Ford Model T's (truck chassis) for use in city buses
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November
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Toyoda Boshoku establishes the Kariya Plant to test automatic looms
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1924
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January
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Tokyo city buses (nicknamed Entaro buses) begin operation
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November 12
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Kiichiro Toyoda applies for a patent (Patent No. 65156) on the shuttle-change automatic loom and others
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November
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Hakuyosha launches Otomo car (in 1925 becomes first Japanese-made car to be exported, to Shanghai)
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December
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Ford Japan Ltd. established in Yokohama (assembly commenced in March 1925)
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1925
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March
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Kiichiro Toyoda applies for a patent on a method of holding spare shuttles for automatic looms (Patent No. 65950)
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June
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Chrysler Corporation established in the U.S.A.
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October
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Sakichi Toyoda pledges to donate 1 million yen to the Imperial Institute of Invention and Innovation for battery invention
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November
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First model of The Non-Stop Shuttle Change Toyoda Automatic Loom, Type G completed
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1926
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June
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Domestic Production Promotion Committee established
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June
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Daimler-Benz AG established in Germany
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September
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DAT Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd. Established
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November 18
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Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. (now Toyota Industries Corporation) established
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1927
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January
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General Motors Japan Ltd. established in Osaka (assembly commenced in March)
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March
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Financial crisis begins
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September
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Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. (now Mazda Motor Corporation) established
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1928
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December
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Shonaigawa Dye Works established
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1929
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January
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Toyoda Oshikiri Spinning & Weaving Co. established
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March 19
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Chuo Spinning & Weaving Co. established
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May
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Ishikawajima Automotive Works Co., Ltd. established; Continues production of Japanese-made Sumida
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September
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Kiichiro Toyoda travels overseas to gather information on the U.S.A. and European automotive industries and to negotiate patent assignment
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October
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The Great Depression starts
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December
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Patent assignment agreement on Type-G Toyoda Automatic Loom signed with Platt Brothers & Co., Ltd. of Great Britain
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Ishikawajima Automotive Works, Tokyo Gas and Electric Industry Co., Ltd., and DAT Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd. become suppliers of military support vehicles
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Ford Japan and GM Japan establish a finance company and begin installment sales
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1930
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January
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London Naval Conference on Disarmament held
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May
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Kiichiro Toyoda commences automotive surveys and research
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May
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Policy on establishing an automobile industry issued by the Domestic Production Promotion Committee
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October
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Kiichiro Toyoda builds a prototype small engine
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October 30
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Sakichi Toyoda passes away
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