Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has visited the Motomachi plant of Toyota, the world-famous Japanese carmaker.
He arrived at the plant at 10:30am local time on Thursday (29 October), and during the visit looked at Toyota’s first passenger car.
When he reached the plant, Toyota officials invited the prime minister to get into the car. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman got in with his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman. He also toured the plant’s vehicle assembly line.
Present during the visit were Masahiko Moeda, chief executive of Toyota Motor Corporation’s South Asia region; Shigeru Harada, chief executive of Toyota Tsusho Corporation’s mobility division; the company’s chief operating officer, Shinichiro Otsuka; and other senior officials.
Travelling with the prime minister were Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat; State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit; Rehan Asif Asad, adviser on posts, telecommunications and ICT and on science and technology; Dr Md Shakirul Islam Khan, the prime minister’s special assistant on overseas employment in the Asia-Pacific region; the prime minister’s additional press secretary Atiqur Rahman Ruman; research officer Abdus Sattar Patwary; and others.
The Toyoda family’s first car prototype, the Toyoda Model A1, was built in 1935. It was followed in 1936 by the Toyoda Model AA, Toyota’s first production passenger car. A replica of the car is kept at Toyota’s museum in Japan.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is in Japan on a four-day state visit.
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