Toyoda san

Back to work after couple of days of drowsiness. Weather wise - it was cold and gloomy and snowy everywhere. Followed the Congressional testimony of Fed. Chairman Ben Bernanke in the morning and in the afternoon it was the interrogation of Mr. Akio Toyoda of Toyota.

" I am deeply sorry for the accidents that people have suffered," Mr. Toyoda expressed. He also stressed on the part that the company's priority has always been " safety, quality, and volume"

Toyoda san, apart from an apology, stressed the company's determination to put safety as the highest qualities.

The interrogation was about 3-4 hours long.. It was still going on when I left the work. It was good listening to Mr. Toyoda's Japanese, as he spoke in Japanese throughout the interrogation. I sort of wondered why he had the interpreter. Nevertheless, it helped me refresh my Japanese. I felt nice that I could still understand the language after all these years.

For some reason, i felt the questionnaires or the way the questions were too harsh.. but i guess that is the JOB of those congressman. They grill you and grill you hard till the end...