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Bruce Kaji, shaking the hand of Japan's Crown Prince who had just landed in Los Angeles on a US Air Force airplane, in 1961. "In our family, we call this photo, The Prince and the Pauper.," says Bruce's son, Jon.

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

Business, Economics and Jobs

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.

Bruce Kaji, shaking the hand of Japan's Crown Prince who had just landed in Los Angeles on a US Air Force airplane, in 1961. "In our family, we call this photo, The Prince and the Pauper.," says Bruce's son, Jon.

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

Business, Economics and Jobs
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