Toyota’s President Akio Toyoda says Japan still holds final say on Recalls

Toyota Chief - Akio Toyoda

Tokyo is handing more authority to the U.S. bosses is a big theme of Toyota Motor Corp's plan to overhaul operations and prevent a repeat of quality crisis now plaguing the car maker.

President Akio Toyoda says when is comes to recalls the final say still rests in Japan.

Toyoda, grandson of the automakers founder, has been under increasing pressure to show more leadership as the world's largest car company try to handle the recall of about 8.5 million vehicles world wide.

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