Toyota Holds Company Entrance Ceremony

Tokyo ― TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) held its annual company entrance ceremony today in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, to welcome new employees to the company.

TMC Chairman Fujio Cho, President Katsuaki Watanabe, 23 other executives, five Toyota Motor Workers' Union officials and representatives from each TMC division took part in the ceremony, which was held at the Toyota Sports Center.

The 2,436 new employees present (compared to 1,973 at last year's ceremony) comprised 200 in administration, 771 in engineering, 260 in clerical fields, 1,139 in production and 66 in health-services.

The 30-minute ceremony included the appointment of new employees as official TMC employees, an address by Watanabe, the taking of the company oath and the singing of the company song.