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Toyota founder’s son, who led global growth, dies at 97

FILE - The leader of an eight-member Japanese delegation, Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda, left, visits Dadaab Refugee Camp in northern Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1996. Shoichiro Toyoda, who as a son of the company's founder oversaw Toyota's expansion into international markets has died. He was 97. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim) FILE - Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda, center, then honorary chairman of Toyota with his translator Ms. Morita, left, speaks to a classroom at St. Bartholomew School Monday, April 4, 2011, in Louisville, Ky., during a tour to observe students and parents participating in Toyota's Family Literacy Program. Toyoda, who as a son of the company's founder oversaw Toyota's expansion into international markets has died. He was 97. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon, File) FILE - Britain's Trade Secretary Lord Young shakes hands with Shoichiro Toyoda, then president of Toyota Motors, right, over the hood of a Toyota car in London Tuesday, April 18, 1989. Toyoda, who as a son of the company's founder oversaw Toyota's expansion into international markets has died. He was 97. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File) FILE - Shoichiro Toyoda, then chairman of Japan's Toyota Motor Corp., left, inspects a production line of light trucks at a Taiwan-Toyota joint venture plant Saturday, Sept. 17, 1988. Toyoda, who as a son of the company's founder oversaw Toyota's expansion into international markets has died. He was 97. (AP Photo/Yang Chi-hsien, File) FILE - Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon and Toyota Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda, right, pose Thursday, Dec. 10, 1998, in front of the new Tundra full-sized pickup truck to be produced at the new plant near Princeton in southwest Indiana. Shoichiro Toyoda, who as a son of the company's founder oversaw Toyota's expansion into international markets has died. He was 97. (AP Photo/Chuck Robinson, File) FILE - Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins, center, breaks into a large smile as does Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman of the Board Eiji Toyoda, left, and then President Shoichiro Toyoda just after the three turned over the soil for the official groundbreaking ceremony Monday, May 5, 1986, near Georgetown, KY. Toyoda, who as a son of the company's founder oversaw Toyota's expansion into international markets has died. He was 97. (AP Photo/Tom Moran, File) FILE - Toyota's Shoichiro Toyoda makes remarks at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007, during a forum on the Toyota Motor Corp. and the U.S., past and future. Toyoda, who as a son of the company's founder oversaw Toyota's expansion into international markets has died. He was 97. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
Toyota founder’s son, who led global growth, dies at 97