Toyota Releases North American Manufacturing Environmental Report

    ERLANGER, Ky., April 18 For the first time in the
company's North American history, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America,
Inc. (TMMNA) will release today its 2000 Environmental Manufacturing Report
that highlights Toyota's five-year Environmental Action Plan, its targets and
environmental progress within the manufacturing industry.

    This report compiles environmental information from all of Toyota's North
American facilities and includes additional information like the Toyota Motor
Corporation Global Earth Charter, key environmental indicator information
(energy usage, volatile organic compounds, waste disposal, etc.) and Prius
product information.

    "Toyota has made protecting the environment a top priority in our
company," said Teruyuki Minoura, President of TMMNA. "Toyota is proving our
commitment to the environment with many of our products, but it all starts in
our manufacturing facilities. We promise to continue to improve each
manufacturing process as we work to become the world's leading auto
manufacturer in environmental responsibility."

    The report is the latest in a series of environmental communications
Toyota is releasing.  Last fall, Toyota issued its Green Suppliers Guidelines
brochure that outlines environmental requirements for all Toyota suppliers. In
addition, all of Toyota's North American manufacturing facilities are ISO
14001 certified.

    "We hope this report helps us set the environmental benchmark for others
in the industry," said Kevin Butt, Assistant General Manager of TMMNA
Environmental Affairs. "By sharing our report and five-year Action Plan, we
hope to allow others to systematically track our environmental progress."

    To review the full environmental report, please visit Toyota's web site at
http://www.toyota.com/environment . Printed reports are available by e-mailing
requests to:  envreport@mail.tmmna.com .

    By 2003, Toyota will employ some 33,000 people throughout North America.
At this time, the automaker's expected annual capacity will reach 1.45 million
vehicles and 1.16 million engines.  Toyota's North American-built vehicles
include the Camry, Avalon, Sienna, Solara, Sequoia, Corolla, Tundra, and
Tacoma.  The new Matrix will join the North American-manufactured lineup in
2002, and beginning in 2003, the Lexus RX300 will also be produced here.