Akio Toyoda apologizes to shareholders, shareholder tells him to stop crying
 

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Now there's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sadder than the tears of a... CEO? Apparently, at least one <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/toyota">Toyota</a> shareholder has seen enough tears and weeping from the company's not-so-fearless leader.<br />
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According to a report from <em>Reuters</em>, one of Toyota's shareholders requested, "Mr. Toyoda, you've been all over the media this year and you've gone teary-eyed on several occasions. For a man of your position, this is unacceptable. Please keep your chin up and try not to weep!"<br />
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Certainly, there are reasons for both Toyoda and Toyota's shareholders to smile - despite the <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/toyotarecall">recent spate of recalls</a> (more than 10 million vehicles) and safety woes, the Japanese automaker still expects to turn an operating profit of 280 billion yen for the year ending in March 2011. After all that, though, Toyoda found it within himself to issue yet another apology, apparently in this case, sans tears.<br />
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