Employee Welfare
Human Relations Activities: Toyota Clubs
Human Relations Activities: Toyota Clubs
Club Activities at Toyota
Toyota has 35 sports clubs, including representative and non-competitive clubs. Their main objectives are to promote company unity, higher motivation among employees, and better businesspeople.
Representative clubs train hard during work hours and as a result have achieved high rankings at national competitions. They also help generate company unity as other employees watch and cheer for company athletes as they compete, providing excitement in the workplace.
Members of non-competitive sports clubs engage in their respective sports while balancing those activities with work. They gain respect from their coworkers while the support they receive livens up the workplace.
Whether at a representative or non-competitive level, sports club activities also have an important role in human resources development as they teach participants to face difficult challenges through high-level training while developing competitiveness and cooperation.
Cultural clubs are also popular, as they help employees to enjoy and enrich their free time.
Club Activities
Sports clubs
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Representative clubs (6), non-competitive clubs (29)
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Cultural clubs
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Chorus, wind ensemble, and recreation groups
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Objectives
(Priority) Representative clubs
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Encourage communication by promoting company unity, increasing employee motivation, and providing excitement in the workplace
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Non-competitive sports clubs
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Promote better businesspeople and liven up the workplace
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Toyota club objectives
Sports clubs
Representative clubs (6 clubs)
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Non-competitive clubs (*representative support club) (29 clubs)
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Rugby
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Ice skating*
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Table tennis
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Mountain climbing
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Baseball
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Men's volleyball
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Track and field
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Boxing
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Long-distance running
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Rowing
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Swimming
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Karate
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Men's basketball
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Men's softball
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Sailing
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Shorinji Kempo
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Women's basketball
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Badminton
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Japanese archery
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Bowling
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Women's softball
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Handball
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Kendo fencing
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Jukendo fencing
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Women's volleyball
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Sumo
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Archery
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Rubber-ball baseball
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Judo
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Body building
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Tennis
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Weight lifting
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Cheerleading
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Soft tennis
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Skiing
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History
Year
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Events
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1937
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Track club created in the year Toyota was established; three years later, Sports Club organized (now Toyota Sports Club Committee)
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1951
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All-Toyota Games commenced as a competition between Toyota Group companies (ended in 1995)
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1985
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Eight representative clubs selected to focus on strengthening competitiveness of Toyota teams
- Priority representative clubs: baseball, rugby, soccer, long-distance running, women's softball, men's basketball, rowing, and men's volleyball |
1994
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Priority representative clubs reduced to four, representative clubs reduced to two
- Priority representative clubs: baseball, rugby, long-distance running, and men's basketball - Representative clubs: women's basketball and women's softball |
1995
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Last All-Toyota Games held
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2002
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Priority representative clubs separated from Toyota Sports Club Committee to clarify difference in position
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2004
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Priority representative clubs kept at four, representative clubs reduced to one
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2011
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Priority representative clubs changed to representative clubs;
six representative clubs named, including women's softball - Representative clubs: 6 - Non-competitive clubs: 29 (with skating club as a representative support club) |