A hot day!
Max of 28.8 degrees Celcius at central Tokyo. The hottest of this year so far. Still it was cooler than the over 30 degree Osaka and Nagoya.
But actually, it was worse than the data, because the warmth accumulates in an airtight place like the press club (we have windows, but we can't open them), so it felt like more than 35 degrees inside, as the air-conditioning will not be in operation till June (I think).
Well, they say it's going to rain tomorrow, so let's wait for a coolant to cool down the engine a little here in Tokyo!
P.S.
The top automaker of Japan will not let their engines cool down!
another over 20 trillion yen sales year! crazily profitable!
I sincerely hope they could bear some lump-sum payments to the plaintiffs and the sufferers from air pollution!
暑い日だ！
都心の最高気温は２８度８分。今年最も暑い日だった。それでも３０度を超えた大阪や名古屋よりは涼しい。
でも実際はデータよりひどいんだよね。記者クラブのような密封されたところに熱はたまるんで（窓はあるんだけど、開けられない）、室内は３５度以上に感じられた。エアコンは７月１日まで入らないし（たぶん）。
まぁ、明日雨が降るって言ってるんで、冷却剤が東京のエンジンを冷やしてくれるのを待ちますか！
追伸
日本の車のトップメーカーはエンジンを冷やすつもりは無いみたいだね！
写真：また２兆円を超える売上だ！狂ったように儲かってるね！
大気汚染の原告と被害者たちにいくらか一時金を負担してくれても良いと心から思うよ！
（以下、トヨタの記録的売上についての共同の記事：和訳は略）
(article from Kyodo)
◆Toyota marks record sales of 24 tril. yen, closing in on GM
TOKYO, May 9 KYODO
Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday reported its largest-ever group sales of 23.95 trillion yen for fiscal 2006, an amount almost neck and neck with those of General Motors Corp., buoyed by robust overseas sales of its vehicles and a weaker yen.
Toyota's sales grew 13.8 percent from the previous year in the business year ended March 31, closing in on GM's 2006 sales of $207.35 billion, or about 24.83 trillion yen based on the latest foreign exchange rates.
Toyota, which unseated GM as the world's top seller of cars and trucks for the first time in the January-March quarter, said it expects to generate 25 trillion yen in sales for the current business year, up 4.4 percent from fiscal 2006.
But compared with the anticipated rise in its sales, the company, based in the city of Toyota near Nagoya, came up with somewhat conservative profit projections for fiscal 2007, as it will need to allocate huge resources for the development of new technologies and the enhancement of its production capacity.
It is projecting group net profit of 1.65 trillion yen, up 0.4 percent, and operating profit of 2.25 trillion yen, up 0.5 percent.
In fiscal 2006, Toyota posted a 19.2 percent surge in its group operating profit to 2.24 trillion yen, becoming the first Japanese listed firm to top the 2 trillion yen line.
Its group net profit rose 19.8 percent to 1.64 trillion yen, marking a record for a fifth straight year.
Toyota attributed the upbeat earnings to brisk sales of fuel-efficient compact cars in North America and Europe amid high gasoline prices, which offset weak sales in Japan and some other Asian countries.
''Our continued efforts aimed at achieving global growth have steadily led to our success,'' said Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe at a news conference in Tokyo.
But Watanabe said Toyota's performance is far from satisfactory, repeating many times that the automaker needs to grapple with the daunting tasks of improving quality in all areas of its operations.
''We will see these difficulties as a chance to maintain our growth,'' he said.
Toyota, which has Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd. under its wing, will increase its per-share dividend payment for fiscal 2006 to 120 yen, compared with 90 yen in the previous year, including an interim dividend of 50 yen already paid.
The Toyota group is aiming to achieve global sales of 9.34 million units in 2007, when it will mark the 70th anniversary of its founding in August, making it all the more likely it will end GM's 76-year reign as the world's top-selling automaker.
Earlier this month, GM said it expects to achieve global auto sales of around 9.2 million units this year.
In 2006, GM and Toyota sold 9.09 million and 8.8 million vehicles, respectively.
Toyota's North American auto sales rose 15.1 percent to 2,942,661 units in fiscal 2006 on strong demand for the Camry sedan, the RAV4 sport utility vehicle and the Prius gas-electric hybrid car.
Its sales in Europe totaled 1,223,628 units, up 19.6 percent, backed by the popularity of its gas-sipping Yaris compact car and the RAV4, but sales in Asia, excluding Japan, fell 10.3 percent to 789,637 units, mainly because of sluggish sales in Indonesia and Taiwan.
Like other Japanese automakers, Toyota was hit by slack demand in the domestic market, posting a 3.9 percent decline in sales to 2,273,152 vehicles.
For this year, Toyota said, it will try to increase its auto sales in all regions in the world, but Watanabe presented the view that the prospects for growth in its key U.S. and Japanese markets will be tough.
Toyota's assumption of average exchange rates for this fiscal year has been set at 115 yen per U.S. dollar and 150 yen per euro, compared with 117 yen and 150 yen, respectively, earlier this year.
Toyota said its annual operating profit increases about 35 billion yen for every 1 yen that the Japanese currency declines against the dollar and some 5 billion yen in the same manner with the euro.
The automaker expects a capital investment of 1.5 trillion yen in fiscal 2007, and said it will continue to keep the amount around the same high level.
Toyota will spend about 940 billion yen for research and development purposes, up from 891 billion yen in fiscal 2006.
Watanabe said Toyota is ''planting seeds'' for its future growth.
''People are saying that Toyota has become the world's No.1...What (we are) most afraid of is that the management and employees become conceited or arrogant,'' he said after the news conference.
''There's always somebody above you. It is important to continue to aim for higher goals,'' Watanabe said.
==Kyodo
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