Japan's Apocalypse Roulette: Fukushima Update 12/21/12
Japan is Sinking. Period. End of sentence. It's on a Subduction zone.
MANY Fault lines Likely Active under nuclear power plants (hello!) including one MOX fuel reprocessing plant! WTF! I have more on that MOX plant (Rokkasho-Mura) for later.
Bickering about if the likely active faults are really an issue because they don't run directly Under a Nuclear Reactor - just under the Cooling water pipes... (NOTE: a VERY CRITICAL PART of the Nuclear Plant). Or, well, hey, they are a few feet away from critical structures in the nuclear plant, so it's okay if we keep running the nuke plant kind of stupidity. Seriously, WTF?
Postponements of checking Critical Faults under and near nuclear power plants. Still bickering with the owners of the nuke plants and expert geologists on the definition of active... UnFukushima Believeable.
The new Prime Minister Abe appointing the good 'ol boys back into power - Oh, and we must reconstruct disaster area (that is fucking sinking into the ocean and highly contaminated with radioactivity)
Meanwhile, Germany has a smooth transition Away from nuclear power.
A huge pier washes up in Washington from the Tsunami debris. Tons more expected to arrive, as Hawaiian coral and marine life dies off.
Japan could not have planned a better Apocalypse than this.
Lots of headlines:
Tepco admits link between death and Fukushima disaster for 1st time
New Official Map of Giant Sinkhole: Visible evidence of subsidence further west — Heavy gas bubble activity recently observed (PHOTO)
Expert: 'Small blips' of Hydrogen Sulfide detected in aquifer near giant sinkhole (VIDEO)
More Fukushima nuclear pollution to hit U.S. starting in 2015 — Study: Impact strength of Cesium-137 on West Coast to be as high as 4 PERCENT
Nuclear fuel rods in Common Pool to be inspected for 'soundness' at Fukushima plant (PHOTO)
Kyodo: Steel beam removed from Fukushima plant's No. 3 pool after falling on fuel racks — Another steel beam found soon after (PHOTOS)
Tepco concerned about liner of No. 3 Spent Fuel Pool at Fukushima plant? (PHOTOS)
New flyover of giant sinkhole — Only low resolution footage made available, no HD (VIDEOS)
Physician: Public health crisis in the Gulf after BP Deepwater Horizon disaster — Thousands suffering chronic problems
State Experts: We don't know where the oil and gas is coming from below giant sinkhole — That's really something that we really need to understand — Sample didn't match Big Hum crude (VIDEO)
Geologist: 50 to 100 million cubic feet of gas in aquifer near giant sinkhole (VIDEO)
Japan Experts: Active fault runs underneath MOX fuel plant — Warnings of massive quake
Sinkhole Experts: We've got to look at all caverns in the area folks — We don't know what effect collapse had on caverns close to it — We know there's concern, it's been on the blogs... (VIDEO)
Texas Brine: Total area of sinkhole including surrounding subsidence band is about 14 to 15 acres (VIDEO)
Kyodo: Level 1 incident at Japan nuclear plant — Deformed fuel rods stuck together in pool
Professor: Japan's radioactive crops being shipped to cleaner areas and mixed into food supply? (VIDEO)
Japan Officials: Ground subsidence spreading after quake — Concern about sinking buildings being damaged — Only an inch can jeopardize stability (VIDEO)
Report: Black substance with over 40,000,000 Bq/kg of cesium in Fukushima
Gov't Experts: No knowledge of what state melted fuel is in at Fukushima plant — Don't know where it's located — Persistent danger surrounds reactors — Collapses of facilities a threat
Report: Photographs doctored at multiple US nuclear power plants (VIDEO)
Gundersen: Top of containment believed to have opened up after Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 exploded
New Fairewinds Video: Tepco reveals detonation shock wave during massive explosion at Fukushima Unit 3 (PHOTO & VIDEO)
Japan's Apocalypse Roulette: Fukushima Update 12/21/12
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Japan is Sinking. Period. End of sentence. It's on a Subduction zone.
MANY Fault lines Likely Active under nuclear power plants (hello!) including one MOX fuel reprocessing plant! WTF! I have more on that MOX plant (Rokkasho-Mura) for later.
Bickering about if the likely active faults are really an issue because they don't run directly Under a Nuclear Reactor - just under the Cooling water pipes... (NOTE: a VERY CRITICAL PART of the Nuclear Plant). Or, well, hey, they are a few feet away from critical structures in the nuclear plant, so it's okay if we keep running the nuke plant kind of stupidity. Seriously, WTF?
Postponements of checking Critical Faults under and near nuclear power plants. Still bickering with the owners of the nuke plants and expert geologists on the definition of active... UnFukushima Believeable.
The new Prime Minister Abe appointing the good 'ol boys back into power - Oh, and we must reconstruct disaster area (that is fucking sinking into the ocean and highly contaminated with radioactivity)
Meanwhile, Germany has a smooth transition Away from nuclear power.
A huge pier washes up in Washington from the Tsunami debris. Tons more expected to arrive, as Hawaiian coral and marine life dies off.
Japan could not have planned a better Apocalypse than this.
Lots of headlines:
Tepco admits link between death and Fukushima disaster for 1st time
New Official Map of Giant Sinkhole: Visible evidence of subsidence further west — Heavy gas bubble activity recently observed (PHOTO)
Expert: 'Small blips' of Hydrogen Sulfide detected in aquifer near giant sinkhole (VIDEO)
More Fukushima nuclear pollution to hit U.S. starting in 2015 — Study: Impact strength of Cesium-137 on West Coast to be as high as 4 PERCENT
Nuclear fuel rods in Common Pool to be inspected for 'soundness' at Fukushima plant (PHOTO)
Kyodo: Steel beam removed from Fukushima plant's No. 3 pool after falling on fuel racks — Another steel beam found soon after (PHOTOS)
Tepco concerned about liner of No. 3 Spent Fuel Pool at Fukushima plant? (PHOTOS)
New flyover of giant sinkhole — Only low resolution footage made available, no HD (VIDEOS)
Physician: Public health crisis in the Gulf after BP Deepwater Horizon disaster — Thousands suffering chronic problems
State Experts: We don't know where the oil and gas is coming from below giant sinkhole — That's really something that we really need to understand — Sample didn't match Big Hum crude (VIDEO)
Geologist: 50 to 100 million cubic feet of gas in aquifer near giant sinkhole (VIDEO)
Japan Experts: Active fault runs underneath MOX fuel plant — Warnings of massive quake
Sinkhole Experts: We've got to look at all caverns in the area folks — We don't know what effect collapse had on caverns close to it — We know there's concern, it's been on the blogs... (VIDEO)
Texas Brine: Total area of sinkhole including surrounding subsidence band is about 14 to 15 acres (VIDEO)
Kyodo: Level 1 incident at Japan nuclear plant — Deformed fuel rods stuck together in pool
Professor: Japan's radioactive crops being shipped to cleaner areas and mixed into food supply? (VIDEO)
Japan Officials: Ground subsidence spreading after quake — Concern about sinking buildings being damaged — Only an inch can jeopardize stability (VIDEO)
Report: Black substance with over 40,000,000 Bq/kg of cesium in Fukushima
Gov't Experts: No knowledge of what state melted fuel is in at Fukushima plant — Don't know where it's located — Persistent danger surrounds reactors — Collapses of facilities a threat
Report: Photographs doctored at multiple US nuclear power plants (VIDEO)
Gundersen: Top of containment believed to have opened up after Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 exploded
New Fairewinds Video: Tepco reveals detonation shock wave during massive explosion at Fukushima Unit 3 (PHOTO & VIDEO)
Can pigs fly - History of the No Nuke Movement in Japan
Preliminary version of the documentary
Synopsis:
Can pigs fly? tells the story of the Japanese No-Nuke-Movement from its beginning in the 1950ies through the reaction in Japan to the Tschernobyl Melt-Down and the accident in Tokaimura in 1999 to the recent desaster of the Fukushima breakdown. Through examples the film shows the attempts of protest like the one of surfers against the Nuclear Industry Complex of Rokkasho and the resistance of 20 years and still ongoing protest of the fishers of Iwaishima against the not yet build Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant. Activists and a scientist on social movements analyze the strategies of the Nuclear Industry and the Japanese Government to pacify or suppress protest through bribing people in the poor rural areas of Japan with money or job opportunities. The struggle is also compared to other Social Movements in Japan like the one against Narita Airport near Tokyo and the one against the US-Military Bases in Japan. The film also briefly touches the question of Nuclear Weapons in Japan and why the Japanese society has (had) not much interest in the Nuclear question. The documentary ends with pictures of the protests of the old and new No-Nuke Movement in the post-Fukushima era.
ANOTHER NUCLEAR DISASTER One Quake Away: Fukushima Update 12/26/12
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MORE Severe Quakes Predicted in Eastern Japan, where there are a LOT of NUCLEAR plants. ACTIVE Faults found under ANOTHER Nuclear Plant! TWO Active Faults under another plant. (Higashidori AND Tsuruga AND Rokkasho-mura ALL have the probable active faults under them. However, MORE tests are being conducted at OTHER Nuclear Plants across Japan.)
The new PM Abe promises to rebuild Fukushima. WTF?
Oh, here's a Hysterical (in a bad way) report: The NRC on nuclear safety BULL SHIT STORY. There weren't enough bullshit buttons in my library to fill that mind control rhetoric up with.
Need for More nurses in Fukushima. NHK says it's because the quality of nurses has deteriorated, but seriously, be real... It's the amount of ADDITIONAL CARE that is NEEDED after the accident.
Latest Headlines:
Yomiuri: Alarming trend in Fukushima children — Parent's radiation fears and stress from disaster blamed for spike in obesity rates
Lawsuit: Reactor itself melted down, not only nuclear fuel rods — Japan gov't lying through their teeth about meltdowns
Navy rescue workers sue Japan over Fukushima cover-up — Irreparable harm to life expectancy — Gov't and Tepco conspired
Kyodo: Radiation fears keep Fukushima kids inside — Filmmaker: Adults break down in tears when seeing children forced to play at indoor 'smile parks'... Suddenly, I was overcome with emotion and began to sob
Report from Japan: Radioactive fallout around Fukushima incineration plant being hidden — It's very odd (VIDEOS)
Gundersen: Beams holding up nuclear reactor likely to fail during accident at US plant — I was dumbfounded... how can they know about this and not do anything for decades? (AUDIO)
CNN: Experts call Japan cleanup effort meaningless — An endless task that's simply spreading around radiation (VIDEO)
Expert: Concern about risk of gas pipeline rupture at NYC-area nuclear plant — Could lead to multiple meltdowns — Possible severe damage to fuel in spent fuel pools — Sissonville, San Bruno cited as examples
Resident to Mayor on NHK: Fukushima plant spewed across Japan, don't you dare make promises about safety — I don't want to listen anymore, you're wasting my time (VIDEO)
Tepco finds bent, damaged spent fuel assemblies in multiple fuel pools at Japan nuclear plant — Concern about prompt moderated criticality
Report: Freaky mutant bugs found — Likely a first, says expert — Prefecture bordering Fukushima (PHOTOS)
UPDATE: Plutonium measured in 3/11 disaster debris
Death toll estimate from Chernobyl now around 1.5 Million -Expert (VIDEO)
AP: People flee Japan nuclear disaster — Some can't get away, I feel so sorry for them
Gundersen: Damage to Fukushima Unit 3 fuel racks could be from prompt moderated criticality, not objects falling in pool — What does Tepco know that they haven't yet shown photos of?
Study: X-ray like images show radioactive contamination spread through leaves and grass collected from Fukushima to Tokyo (PHOTOS)
Fukushima Worker: Rats now being found in many places around plant — Concern about biting cables, tripping electrical systems, spreading high level contamination
Tepco: Fuel assemblies could be damaged from shock in Fukushima Unit 3 pool
Mother: Child with severe nose bleeds, full body rash after playing in Fukushima contaminated water — So much blood, thought head was cut open — Fingers covered in open sores
Floating pier comes ashore in Washington — If experts don't get to it today, next chance is early January (VIDEO)
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Nuclear power in Japan
As of November 2015, Japan has one nuclear power plant in operation.
Prior to the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, and the nuclear disasters that resulted from it, Japan had generated 30% of its electrical power from nuclear reactors and planned to increase that share to 40%. Nuclear energy was a national strategic priority in Japan, but there had been concern about the ability of Japan's nuclear plants to withstand seismic activity. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant was completely shut down for 21 months following an earthquake in 2007.
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Toyota
Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社, Hepburn: Toyota Jidōsha KK, IPA: [toꜜjota], /tɔɪˈoʊtə/) is a Japanese automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2013 the multinational corporation consisted of 333,498 employees worldwide and, as of January 2014, is the fourteenth-largest company in the world by revenue. Toyota was the largest automobile manufacturer in 2012 (by production). In July of that year, the company reported the production of its 200-millionth vehicle. Toyota is the world's first automobile manufacturer to produce more than 10 million vehicles per year. It did so in 2012 according to OICA, and in 2013 according to company data. As of November 2013, Toyota was the largest listed company in Japan by market capitalization (worth more than twice as much as #2-ranked SoftBank) and by revenue.
The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A engine, and, in 1936, its first passenger car, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under 5 brands, including the Toyota brand, Hino, Lexus, Ranz, and Scion. It also holds a 51.2% stake in Daihatsu, a 16.66% stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, a 5.9% stake in Isuzu, and a 0.27% stake in Tesla, as well as joint-ventures with two in China (GAC Toyota and Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor), one in India (Toyota Kirloskar), one in the Czech Republic (TPCA), along with several nonautomotive companies. TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.
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Can pigs fly youtube HD
Preliminary version of the documentary
Synopsis:
Can pigs fly? tells the story of the Japanese No-Nuke-Movement from its beginning in the 1950ies through the reaction in Japan to the Tschernobyl Melt-Down and the accident in Tokaimura in 1999 to the recent desaster of the Fukushima breakdown. Through examples the film shows the attempts of protest like the one of surfers against the Nuclear Industry Complex of Rokkasho and the resistance of 20 years and still ongoing protest of the fishers of Iwaishima against the not yet build Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant. Activists and a scientist on social movements analyze the strategies of the Nuclear Industry and the Japanese Government to pacify or suppress protest through bribing people in the poor rural areas of Japan with money or job opportunities. The struggle is also compared to other Social Movements in Japan like the one against Narita Airport near Tokyo and the one against the US-Military Bases in Japan. The film also briefly touches the question of Nuclear Weapons in Japan and why the Japanese society has (had) not much interest in the Nuclear question. The documentary ends with pictures of the protests of the old and new No-Nuke Movement in the post-Fukushima era.
Toyota Motor Company | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:57 1 Corporate governance
00:09:16 1.1 Global ranking
00:09:59 2 History
00:10:08 2.1 1920s–1930s
00:12:57 2.2 1940s–1950s
00:14:10 2.3 1960s–1970s
00:14:51 2.4 1980s
00:16:42 2.5 1990s
00:18:03 2.6 2000s
00:20:36 2.7 2010s
00:24:03 3 Recalls
00:24:12 3.1 2009
00:24:46 3.2 2012
00:25:45 3.3 2014
00:26:44 3.4 2018
00:27:25 4 Logo and branding
00:30:10 4.1 Japan
00:38:34 4.2 Toyota slogans
00:38:43 4.2.1 Australia
00:38:56 4.2.2 Bangladesh
00:39:40 4.2.3 Europe
00:40:10 4.2.4 India
00:40:37 4.2.5 Indonesia
00:41:17 4.2.6 Japan
00:44:04 4.2.7 Malaysia
00:44:35 4.2.8 Philippines
00:45:10 4.2.9 Singapore
00:45:42 4.2.10 South Africa
00:46:02 4.2.11 South Korea
00:46:14 4.2.12 Thailand
00:46:46 4.2.13 United States and Canada
00:47:38 4.3 Sports
00:48:45 5 Company strategy
00:50:30 5.1 Operations
00:57:30 5.2 Worldwide presence
00:59:27 5.2.1 North America
01:02:15 5.2.2 Europe
01:02:23 5.2.3 Australia
01:03:23 6 Product line
01:03:32 6.1 Electric technology
01:03:42 6.1.1 Hybrid electric vehicles
01:12:31 6.1.2 Plug-in hybrids
01:15:55 6.1.3 All-electric vehicles
01:21:36 6.1.4 Hydrogen fuel-cell
01:25:15 6.2 Cars
01:26:03 6.2.1 SUVs and crossovers
01:26:37 6.2.2 Pickup trucks
01:30:24 6.2.3 Luxury-type vehicles
01:31:06 6.3 Buses
01:31:23 6.4 Pleasure boats
01:32:05 7 Motorsports
01:34:15 7.1 TRD
01:35:07 8 Non-automotive activities
01:35:18 8.1 Aerospace
01:35:59 8.2 Philanthropy
01:37:07 8.3 Higher education
01:38:15 8.4 Robotics
01:39:40 8.5 Agricultural biotechnology
01:40:34 8.6 Sewing machine technology
01:41:01 9 Environmental record
01:45:09 10 Production and sales numbers
01:45:51 11 Labor problems
01:46:01 11.1 Death from overwork
01:46:32 11.2 June 2010 Chinese labour strike
01:46:59 12 See also
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Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社, Hepburn: Toyota Jidōsha KK, IPA: [toꜜjota], English: ) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. In 2017, Toyota's corporate structure consisted of 364,445 employees worldwide and, as of September 2018, was the sixth-largest company in the world by revenue. As of 2017, Toyota is the world's second-largest automotive manufacturer. Toyota was the world's first automobile manufacturer to produce more than 10 million vehicles per year which it has done since 2012, when it also reported the production of its 200-millionth vehicle. As of July 2014, Toyota was the largest listed company in Japan by market capitalization (worth more than twice as much as #2-ranked SoftBank) and by revenue.Toyota is the world's market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles, and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe. Toyota is also a market leader in hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models achieved the 10 million milestone in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's top selling hybrid nameplate with over 6 million units sold worldwide as of January 2017.The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937, as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A engine, and its first passenger car in 1936, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under five brands, including the Toyota brand, Hino, Lexus, Ranz, and Daihatsu. It also holds a 16.66% stake in Subaru Corporation, a 5.9% stake in Isuzu, as well as joint-ventures with two in China (GAC Toyota and Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor), one in India (Toyota Kirloskar), one in the Czech Republic (TPCA), along with several nonautomotive ...
Toyota | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:40 1 Corporate governance
00:08:22 1.1 Global ranking
00:09:03 2 History
00:09:12 2.1 1920s–1930s
00:11:46 2.2 1940s–1950s
00:12:52 2.3 1960s–1970s
00:13:30 2.4 1980s
00:15:11 2.5 1990s
00:16:25 2.6 2000s
00:18:43 2.7 2010s
00:21:50 3 Recalls
00:21:59 3.1 2009
00:22:31 3.2 2012
00:23:25 3.3 2014
00:24:17 3.4 2018
00:24:54 4 Logo and branding
00:27:26 4.1 Japan
00:34:53 4.2 Toyota slogans
00:35:03 4.2.1 Australia
00:35:15 4.2.2 Bangladesh
00:35:56 4.2.3 Europe
00:36:23 4.2.4 India
00:36:48 4.2.5 Indonesia
00:37:26 4.2.6 Japan
00:39:54 4.2.7 Malaysia
00:40:23 4.2.8 Philippines
00:40:56 4.2.9 Singapore
00:41:26 4.2.10 South Africa
00:41:45 4.2.11 South Korea
00:41:57 4.2.12 Thailand
00:42:27 4.2.13 United States and Canada
00:43:15 4.3 Sports
00:44:16 5 Company strategy
00:45:50 5.1 Operations
00:52:07 5.2 Worldwide presence
00:53:52 5.2.1 North America
00:56:22 5.2.2 Europe
00:56:30 5.2.3 Australia
00:57:25 6 Product line
00:57:35 6.1 Electric technology
00:57:44 6.1.1 Hybrid electric vehicles
01:05:39 6.1.2 Plug-in hybrids
01:08:43 6.1.3 All-electric vehicles
01:13:48 6.1.4 Hydrogen fuel-cell
01:17:04 6.2 Cars
01:17:48 6.2.1 SUVs and crossovers
01:18:19 6.2.2 Pickup trucks
01:21:41 6.2.3 Luxury-type vehicles
01:22:19 6.3 Buses
01:22:35 6.4 Pleasure boats
01:23:14 7 Motorsports
01:25:11 7.1 TRD
01:25:59 8 Non-automotive activities
01:26:09 8.1 Aerospace
01:26:47 8.2 Philanthropy
01:27:49 8.3 Higher education
01:28:51 8.4 Robotics
01:30:09 8.5 Agricultural biotechnology
01:30:59 8.6 Sewing machine technology
01:31:24 9 Environmental record
01:35:06 10 Production and sales numbers
01:35:46 11 Labor problems
01:35:56 11.1 Death from overwork
01:36:25 11.2 June 2010 Chinese labour strike
01:36:51 12 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
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Speaking Rate: 0.9458954150019453
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-C
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社, Hepburn: Toyota Jidōsha KK, IPA: [toꜜjota], English: ) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. In 2017, Toyota's corporate structure consisted of 364,445 employees worldwide and, as of September 2018, was the sixth-largest company in the world by revenue. As of 2017, Toyota is the world's second-largest automotive manufacturer. Toyota was the world's first automobile manufacturer to produce more than 10 million vehicles per year which it has done since 2012, when it also reported the production of its 200-millionth vehicle. As of July 2014, Toyota was the largest listed company in Japan by market capitalization (worth more than twice as much as #2-ranked SoftBank) and by revenue.Toyota is the world's market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles, and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe. Toyota is also a market leader in hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models achieved the 10 million milestone in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's top selling hybrid nameplate with over 6 million units sold worldwide as of January 2017.The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937, as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A engine, and its first passenger car in 1936, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under five brands, including the Toyota brand, Hino, Lexus, Ranz, and Daihatsu. It also holds a 16.66% stake in Subaru Corporation, a 5.9% stake in Isuzu, as well as joint-ventures with two in China (GAC Toyota and Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor), one in India (Toyota Kirloskar), one in the Czech Republic (TPCA), along with several nonautomotive ...