Toyota's next president: Who is Koji Sato?

Veteran engineer faces new rivals, supply chain challenges in shift to EVs

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As the new president of Japan's largest automaker and most valuable company, Koji Sato has been tasked to "full-model-change" Toyota Motor from a carmaker into a "mobility company." (Source photos by Makoto Okada and Reuters) 

SAYUMI TAKE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Wary eyes are on the 53-year-old incoming chief of Toyota Motor introduced on Thursday, as the longtime engineer must now navigate the company through a rough and rapid race against new opponents and manufacturing headwinds in the car industry.

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