Mr. Toyoda (Toyota), R.I.P.

Eiji Toyoda, former president of Toyota Corp., died today at the age of exactly 100.

The Toyota company started in the early 1930’s by Eiji Toyoda’s father and the company’s name was originally “Toyoda” but was changed a few years later to the current トヨタ (Toyota) because it’s sounds nicer in spoken Japanese and looks nicer in written Japanese.

Eiji Toyoda, R.I.P., 1913 September 13 – 2013 September 17