Tokyo—TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) held its annual company entrance ceremony today in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, to welcome new employees.

TMC Chairman Fujio Cho, President Akio Toyoda, 28 other executives, five Toyota Motor Workers' Union officials and representatives from each TMC division took part in the ceremony at TMC's head-office.

The 1,250 new employees present (compared to 2,436 at last year's ceremony) comprised 109 in administration, 378 in engineering, 161 in clerical fields, 550 in production and 52 in health-services.

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