Overview
- On October 31, 2025, the Fair Trade Commission issued a formal recommendation to Toyota Motor East Japan after finding the company made subcontractors store molds and parts without payment.
- Investigators said 440 molds and related items remained at suppliers for over a year in fiscal 2024 without storage fees, with some units weighing up to five tons.
- Between fiscal 2023 and 2024, the subsidiary placed undated bulk orders and left 777 parts at suppliers at no charge, including items kept for more than a decade.
- The commission also issued administrative guidance for breaching the prohibition on refusing prompt receipt of products.
- Toyota Motor East Japan paid ¥10,346,369 in retroactive storage fees by late May, and the FTC asked Toyota headquarters to revise its manual and implement prevention measures now under review.