Toyota mobility tech unit backed by ex-CEO reports negative net worth

Subsidiary that Akio Toyoda invests in grapples with mounting costs

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Toyota Motor's Woven City is designed to serve as a test course for self-driving cars and other new technologies. (Photo courtesy of Toyota)

KAZUHIRO NOGUCHI and KYOHEI SUGA, Nikkei staff writers

NAGOYA, Japan -- A Toyota Motor subsidiary working to build a smart "Woven City" near Mount Fuji held 6 billion yen ($41.5 million) more in liabilities than assets as of the end of March, according to earnings documents disclosed by Friday.

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