Akio Toyoda's $10 million compensation broke company record

In the last fiscal year, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda was awarded total compensation of ¥1.622 billion ($10.09 million), the highest payout to any executive in the Japanese carmaker’s history, as the company raked in record profits. (HANS GREIMEL)

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Indicted former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn infamously fell afoul with the Japanese law for allegedly hiding millions of dollars in compensation when he was the country's highest-paid CEO.

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