Reports in yesterday's Nihon Keizai, Japan's biggest business daily, reckoned that Toyota may give North American chief Jim Press on the board. The move, if it happens, will make Press, a 37-year Toyota veteran, the first non-Japanese to be a seat on the board member. Given Press's long experience, high standing in the industry and the fact that 60% of Toyota profits are made in the U.S., the move seems pretty much a no brainer.
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