Facing virus crisis, new Toyota N.A. boss says: ‘We will ... emerge stronger'

“It’s my job to remain calm and control what I can control,” Ted Ogawa said.

March 30, 2020 04:00 AM

PLANO, Texas — Jim Lentz had a couple of years under his belt running Toyota in North America when the 2008 financial crisis shellacked the region's auto industry and put him to the ultimate test.

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