News Release

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Mar. 07, 2012

TMC Announces Executive,

Organizational and Personnel Changes

Toyota City, Japan, March 7, 2012—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that, effective April 1, 2012, TMC will implement executive, organizational and personnel changes.

1. Executive changes (effective April 1)

New Senior Managing Officers

Name Current Title

Shigeru Hayakawa Managing officer

Hisayuki Inoue Managing officer

Didier Leroy Managing officer

Keiji Masui Managing officer

Hiroji Onishi Managing officer

Koei Saga Managing officer

Hiroyuki Yokoyama Managing officer

New Managing Officers

Name Current Title

Takeshi Numa Executive general manager, Tahara Plant (plant general manager) Nobuhiko Murakami General Manager, Product Management Div.

Karl Schlicht General manager, Lexus Product & Marketing Planning Div. Kyoichi Tanada Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. (seconded)

Senior Managing Officers Resigning Posts Name

Akira Sasaki Masanao Tomozoe

Managing Officers Resigning Posts Name

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**2. Executives' areas of responsibility (Effective April 1, 2011) ("*" denotes change to responsibility)**

1) Executive Vice Presidents

Name Current New

Takeshi Uchiyamada

Research & Development Research & Development

Yukitoshi Funo - Asia & Oceania Operations

- Middle East, Africa and Latin America Operations - External Affairs

- Operation Planning & Support

- Asia & Oceania Operations

- Middle East, Africa and Latin America Operations

- External Affairs

- Operation Planning & Support Atsushi Niimi - North America Operations

- China Operations - Production Control - Production Engineering - Manufacturing

- North America Operations - China Operations

- Production Control - Production Engineering - Manufacturing

Shinichi Sasaki - Business Development - IT

- Purchasing

- Japan Sales Business - Customer Service - Quality

- Business Development - IT & ITS

- Purchasing

- Japan Sales Business - Customer First Promotion

Satoshi Ozawa - Europe Operations

- General Administration & Human Resources - Accounting

- Europe Operations

- General Administration & Human Resources - Accounting

2) Senior Managing Officers and Managing Officers

Name Current New

Nobuyori Kodaira

Senior managing officer

- Corporate Planning Div. (chief officer) - Environmental Affairs Div. (chief officer) - IT Group

- Corporate Planning Div. (chief officer) - Environmental Affairs Div. (chief officer) - IT & ITS Group

Mamoru Furuhashi

External Affairs Group (chief officer)

External Affairs Group (chief officer) Takahiko Ijichi Senior managing officer

Accounting Group (chief officer)

Senior managing officer Accounting Group (chief officer) Tadashi

Yamashina

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co., Ltd.

Yasumori Ihara Senior managing officer

- Corporate Planning Div. (chief officer) - Purchasing Group (chief officer)

- Corporate Planning Div. (chief officer) - Purchasing Group (chief officer) Yoshimasa Ishii Senior managing officer

Product & Business Planning Group (chief officer)

Takahiro Iwase Senior managing officer

- Asia & Oceania Operations Group (chief officer) - Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. (Singapore) - Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Engineering &

Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

- Asia & Oceania Operations Group (chief officer)

- Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. (Singapore) - Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Engineering &

Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Masamoto

Maekawa

Japan Sales Business Group (chief officer)

Japan Sales Business Group (chief officer) Takeshi Shirane Senior managing officer

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Senior managing officer —

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Mitsuhisa Kato Senior managing officer

Product Planning Group (chief officer)

Product Planning Group (chief officer) Hirofumi Muta Senior managing officer

Production Engineering Group (chief officer)

Production Engineering Group (chief officer) Seiichi Sudo Senior managing officer

- Production Control Group (chief officer) - Manufacturing Group (chief officer)

- Production Control Group (chief officer) - Manufacturing Group (chief officer) Real C. Tanguay Senior managing officer

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Senior managing officer Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Shigeru

Hayakawa

Managing officer

- Public Affairs Div. (chief officer)

- External Affairs Group (deputy chief officer)

Senior managing officer - Public Affairs Div. (chief officer)

- External Affairs Group (deputy chief officer) Hisayuki Inoue Managing officer

Middle East, Africa and Latin America Operations Group (chief officer)

Middle East, Africa and Latin America Operations Group (chief officer) Didier Leroy Managing officer

- Europe Operations Group (chief officer) - Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA

Keiji Masui Managing officer

Purchasing Group (deputy chief officer)

Purchasing Group (deputy chief officer) Hiroji Onishi* Managing officer

- Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. (Singapore) - TMAP-Japan (concurrent general manager)

- China Operations Group (chief officer) - Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Koei Saga* Managing officer

Drivetrain Engineering Field (field general manager) Hybrid Vehicle Engineering Field (field general manager)

Senior managing officer R&D Group 2 (chief officer)

Hiroyuki Yokoyama

Quality Group (chief officer)

Customer First Promotion Group (chief officer) Kiyotaka Ise Managing officer

- Lexus Group (chief officer) - Motor Sports Div. (chief officer)

- Lexus Group (chief officer) - Motor Sports Div. (chief officer) Kenji Miura* Managing officer

- Production Control Group (deputy chief officer) - Miyoshi Plant (plant general manager)

- Myochi Plant (plant general manager) - Kinuura Plant (plant general manager)

- Production Control Group (deputy chief officer)

- Kinuura Plant (plant general manager)

Shigeki Suzuki Managing officer

Material Engineering Field (field general manager)

Material Engineering Field (field general manager)

Yasuo Kawada Managing officer

- Honsha Plant (plant general manager) - Motomachi Plant (plant general manager)

- Honsha Plant (plant general manager) - Motomachi Plant (plant general manager) James E. Lentz* Managing officer

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

- Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Naoki Miyazaki Managing officer

General Administration & Human Resources Group (chief officer)

Hiroyuki Ochiai* Managing officer

Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA

- Kamigo Plant (plant general manager) - Shimoyama Plant (plant general manager)

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Soichiro Okudaira*

- R&D Management Div. (chief officer)

- Higashifuji Technical Center (general manager) - R&D Group 2 (chief officer)

- R&D Group 1 (chief officer)

- R&D Management Div. (chief officer) - Higashifuji Technical Center (general

manager)

Shigeki Terashi* Managing officer

Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.

- North America Operations Group (chief officer)

- Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

- Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Tokuo Fukuichi Managing officer

Design Group (chief officer)

Yoichi Inoue* Managing officer

Production Engineering Group (deputy chief officer)

- Partner Robot Div. (chief officer) - Miyoshi Plant (plant general manager) - Hirose Plant (plant general manager)

Syunichi Konishi Managing officer

Japan Sales Business Group (deputy chief officer)

Yoshihiko Matsuda

Engine Engineering Field (field general manager)

Kazuhiro Miyauchi*

Satoru Mouri Managing officer

Osamu Nagata Managing officer

External Affairs Group(deputy chief officer)

External Affairs Group(deputy chief officer) Steve

St.Angelo*

Koichi Sugihara* Managing officer

- Kamigo Plant (plant general manager) - Shimoyama Plant (plant general manager)

Production Engineering Group (deputy chief officer)

Johan van Zyl Managing officer

- Middle East, Africa and Latin America Operations Group (deputy chief officer)

- Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd

- Middle East, Africa and Latin America Operations Group (deputy chief officer) - Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd Moritaka

Yoshida

- Product Planning Group (deputy chief officer) - Chief Safety Technology Officer

- Vehicle Control System Field (field general manager)

- Electronics Engineering Field (field general manager)

- Product Planning Group (deputy chief officer) - Chief Safety Technology Officer

- Vehicle Control System Field (field general manager)

- Electronics Engineering Field (field general manager)

Hiroyoshi Yoshiki

Technical Administration Group (chief officer)

Kazuya Inagaki* Managing officer

- Vehicle Evaluation & Engineering Field (field general manager)

- Chassis Engineering Field (field general manager)

- BR Driving Pleasure Dept. (concurrent department general manager)

- Vehicle Evaluation & Engineering Field (field general manager)

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- Chassis Engineering Field (field general manager)

Kazuhiro Kobayashi

Product & Business Planning Group (deputy chief officer)

Shuichi Koyama Managing officer

- BR Vehicle & Parts Localization Dept. (concurrent department general manager)

- Customer Service Operations Group

- Body Engineering Field (field general manager)

- BR Vehicle & Parts Localization Dept. (concurrent department general manager) - Customer First Promotion Group

- BR Cockpit Dept. (concurrent general manager)

- Design Quality Innovation Div. (chief officer) Kunihiko Ogura Managing officer

Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.

Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. Kazuo Ohara Managing officer

Lexus Group (deputy chief officer)

Lexus Group (deputy chief officer) Satoshi Takae* Managing officer

- Takaoka Plant (plant general manager) - Tsutsumi Plant (plant general manager) - Hirose Plant (plant general manager)

- Takaoka Plant (plant general manager) - Tsutsumi Plant (plant general manager)

Shigeki Tomoyama

- Business Development Group (chief officer) - IT Group (chief officer)

- Business Development Group (chief officer) - IT & ITS Group (chief officer)

Riki Inuzuka Managing officer

- Corporate Planning Division (concurrent general manager)

- Research Division (chief officer)

- Corporate Planning Division (concurrent general manager)

- Research Division (chief officer) Shinji Kitada Managing officer

- China Operations Group (deputy chief officer) - Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

- China Operations Group (deputy chief officer) - Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Masahisa

Nagata

Takeshi Numa* — Managing officer

Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA Nobuhiko

Murakami*

— Managing officer

Customer First Promotion Group (deputy chief officer)

Karl Schlicht* — Managing officer

Kyoichi Tanada* — Managing officer

- Asia & Oceania Operations Group (deputy chief officer)

- Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. (Singapore)

3. Organizational changes effective April 1, 2012

1) Asia & Oceania Operations Group

Former New

TMAP-Japan (treated as Div.) TMAP-Japan (treated as Dept.) (reorganized) Purpose:

To reorganize TMAP-Japan as a department-level organization in light of its change to a body that conducts community-based corporate activities and takes the initiative in planning and operations in Asia and Oceania.

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2) IT & ITS Group

Former New

IT Group IT & ITS Group (name changed)

Purpose:

Name changed to reflect the IT Group's roles and duties.

3) Customer First Promotion Group

Former New

Customer Service Operations Group Customer First Promotion Group (reorganized)

Quality Group Customer Service Field (newly created)

Customer Service Operations Group Customer First Planning Div. (reorganized) Customer Service Planning Div.

Toyota Sales Logistics Div. Quality Group

Quality Div. (partial) Purpose:

To consolidate the Customer Service Operations Group and the Quality Group into the Customer First Promotion Group so consumer opinions can be reflected in quality and so that prompt, highly appropriate responses can be made to consumers and to create the Customer Service Field to perform integrated customer responses. Also, to consolidate the Group's planning functions, services and improvement operations in the Customer First Planning Division.

4) Direct report in R&D area Direct report in R&D area

BR Cockpit Department (newly created; treated as a division) Purpose:

To consolidate related functions in a new organization that will develop appealing designs, advanced displays, user-friendly operating displays and cockpits that will impress consumers.

Direct report in R&D area

BR Driving Pleasure Department (newly created; treated as a division) Purpose:

To consolidate related functions in a new organization that will develop vehicles that integrate inertial performance, body rigidity, suspension, powertrain control and other elements to achieve a high-quality ride.

5) R&D Group 1

Former New

R&D Group 2 R&D Group 1

Future Project Div.

Vehicle Control System Field Electronics Engineering Field Material Engineering Field

Fuel Cell System Engineering Field

Future Project Div. (Transferred)

Vehicle Control System Field (Transferred) Electronics Engineering Field (Transferred) Material Engineering Field (Transferred)

Fuel Cell System Engineering Field (Transferred) Purpose:

To consolidate engineering fields promoting cross-field development of technologies into R&D Group 1 to bolster technology development capabilities.

6) Production Engineering Group Production Engineering Group

Machinery & Die Engineering Field (newly created) Purpose:

To organize machinery and die engineering-related divisions to enhance the level of specialization and enable dynamic organizational operations.

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7) Direct report in production area

Former New

Production Engineering Group Partner Robot Div.

Direct report in production area Partner Robot Div. (transferred) Purpose:

To transfer the Partner Robot Division to the direct control of the production area to increase the pace of operations.

After the above changes are implemented, the number of divisions will remain the current 236.

4. Promotion of executive general managers and areas of responsibility (effective April 1, 2012)

Name Former New

Shizuo Abe Hybrid Vehicle Engineering Management Div., Hybrid Vehicle Engineering Field (general manager)

- Hybrid Vehicle Engineering Field (field general manager)

Masashi Asakura Motomachi Plant Administration Div. (general manager)

Tahara Plant (plant general manager)

Yuuzou Konishi Vehicle Structure Planning Div. (general manager) - Body Engineering Field (field general manager)

Seiya Nakao - Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (seconded)

- BR-NAC Dept., Product Planning Group (project general manager)

- Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (seconded)

Mitsuyoshi Ohshima

Teiho Machinery & Die Engineering Administration Div. (general manager)

- Machinery & Die Engineering Field (field general manager)

- Myochi Plant (plant general manager) Tetsuya

Ohshima

Information Systems Field (field general manager) Information Systems Field (field general manager)

Kazuhiro Sato BR Communication Kaizen Dept. (general manager) Customer Service Field (field general manager)

5. Personnel changes (effective April 1, 2012)

Executive General Managers

Name Former New

Satoshi Ogiso Product Planning Group (chief engineer) Product Planning Group (executive chief engineer)

Toshiaki Tanaka - Energy Affairs Dept., direct report in R&D area (general manager)

- Advanced Engine Development Field (field general manager)

- Energy Affairs Dept., direct report in R&D area (general manager)

- Higashifuji Technical Center (deputy general manager)

- Advanced Engine Development Field (field general manager)

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Level 1 Personnel

Name Former New

Mark Templin

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- Lexus Product & Marketing Planning Div. (general manager) (seconded from Toyota Motor Sales. U.S.A., Inc.)

- Toyota Motor Sales. U.S.A., Inc. Andrew Kirby Sales & Marketing Planning Dept., Lexus Product &

Marketing Planning Div. (general manager)

- Lexus Product & Marketing Planning Div. (alternate general manager)

Makoto Sasagawa

TMAP-Japan (project general manager) TMAP-Japan, Asia & Oceania Operations Group (general manager)

Akito Tachibana Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. (seconded) Product Management Div. (general manager) Yoshiyuki

Ohtsuka

Customer Service Planning Div. (general manager) Customer First Planning Div. (general manager)

Jingo Ohhashi Planning & Management Dept., Quality Div. (general manager)

TQM Promotion Div. (general manager)

Hideki Ono TQM Promotion Div. (general manager) Technical Service Div. (general manager) Shinji

Yamaguchi

Technical Service Div. (general manager) Japan Service Field Operations Div. (general manager)

Masahiko Shibagaki

Japan Service Field Operations Div. (general manager)

Japan Parts Div. (project general manager)

Yoshiro Nobe Europe, Africa & Middle East Field Operations Dept., Overseas Service Field Operations Div. (general manager)

Overseas Service Field Operations Div. (general manager)

Nobuyuki Yamasaki

Japan Parts Div. (general manager) Japan Parts Div. (project general manager)

Toru Nagata Overseas Service Field Operations Div. (general manager)

Customer Quality Engineering Div. (general manager)

Motoharu Araya BR-NAC Dept., Product Planning Group (general manager)

Product Planning Group (chief engineer)

Sotaro Kumazawa

Body Design Div. 1, Body Engineering Field (general manager)

Vehicle Structure Planning Div. (general manager)

Yoshinori Noritake

Product Planning Group (chief engineer) Body Design Div. 1, Body Engineering Field (general manager)

Naoki Teramoto Production Human Resources Development Dept., Production Control Div. (general manager)

Motomachi Plant Administration Div. (general manager)

Yoshihisa Maruta

TMAP-Japan (project general manager) Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. (seconded)

Masaaki Murata C&A Development Div. (general manager) Japan-Toyota Accessory & Conversion Service Corporation (seconded)

Shunsaku Takeuchi

Toyota Motor Engineering And Manufacturing China Co., Ltd. (seconded)

Japan Automobile Research Institute (seconded)