Japanese Americans

Toyota built Torrance into the second-largest home of Japanese Americans. Now, it's leaving

May 16, 2014

It may seem hard to believe, but Toyota almost didn't make it in the US. Its first car, the Toyopet Crown, was a flop. Toyota helped establish a huge Japanese-American community in Torrance, California that finds it hard to imagine the company is moving on.

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Toyota built Torrance into the second-largest home of Japanese Americans. Now, it's leaving