TOKYO/HONG KONG -- It was just before 11 a.m. on Oct. 25, at the start of the Japan Mobility Show, the country's premier auto extravaganza held in Tokyo. A sizable crowd, including Koji Sato, CEO of Toyota Motor, had already assembled around one booth, waiting for a news conference.
Unheralded and unannounced, one man dressed in a low-key navy blue suit and tie emerged from backstage and took a seat in the audience.
