Koji Sato, the new president of Toyota Motor Corp., was a car nut from the word go. He was obsessed with cars as a child and majored in mechanical engineering at Tokyo’s Waseda University.

When he was in junior high school, Koji Sato hoped to become a cook and asked a sushi restaurant in the neighborhood to train him. He thought he could learn a trade in the cooking profession ...

Like his predecessor, Koji Sato believes hydrogen has a future. Replacing Akio Toyoda at the helm of the Japanese automotive giant, Koji Sato was appointed CEO on April 1. In an extended interview ...

Toyota is a leader in hybrids, which have both a gasoline engine and electric motor, and Sato stressed that different markets have varying powertrain needs, with emerging markets being slower to ...

Tokyo: Toyota Motor announced on Thursday that Chief Branding Officer Koji Sato, 53, will replace Akio Toyoda as president and CEO on April 1. Toyoda, 66, will become chairman of the automaker ...

Nonetheless, company boss Koji Sato has not yet abandoned the goal of selling 1.5 million pure electric cars by 2026. Given the financial success, Toyota wants to further boost the number of ...