In today’s world, anyone can share or consume information online, meaning there is a flood of news.
To help people digest this deluge of news, we go to the source and deliver what we have found in an understandable way. That was the reason for creating Toyota Times in 2019.
As a new addition to our online articles, sports, and news programming, this is the first episode of a new business series focused on mobility, Toyota Times Business.
We invite commentators with expert knowledge on automobiles and the economy to discuss and explain a range of themes.
The subject of the momentous first episode is “What’s Going on With Vehicle Taxes?” Our guests are automotive journalist Naoto Ikeda, former Ministry of Finance official, current legal scholar and a specially appointed professor at Shinshu University Mayu Yamaguchi, and Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation, Hiroki Nakajima.
Using the Toyota Production System to think about tax? Visualization?
Vehicle taxes are too complicated. Let’s see an itemized list!
Are vehicles luxuries or necessities?
Tax burden as a way to support your favorites.
How to provide a budget that supports a savings mindset?
Taxes can lead to a bright future.
The perspectives of car users, the government, and automobile manufacturers all come together, creating empathy and deepening the discussion.
Viewers will surely learn a lot. How can the taxation system change to make Japan an ever-better nation? Let’s think about it together.