This second article on the shareholders' meeting Q&A session shares comments made by Akio, now in his 14th year as president, on the topic of his successor.

Yamamoto last year described the hydrogen-powered engine as "a catalyst that unleashed our dreams." Since then, he has attended every race to see the technology's progress for himself. A year on, how does he see this challenge?

After a year since putting a hydrogen-powered engine on the racetrack, Toyota revealed that it has started research and development for commercialization. Here, we look at what lies ahead along the technology's long but rewarding journey.

The 90-minute Q&A session covered topics ranging from the local to the global, past and future. This article focuses on six major questions.

Akio Toyoda, at his 13th General Shareholders' Meeting as chairperson, looked back at the last 13 years and explained the clear changes he has seen at Toyota to shareholders.