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  "id": 619091,
  "title": "Hiroshi Okuda, former Toyota chief credited for leading the Japanese automaker’s global climb, dies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/hiroshi-okuda-former-toyota-chief-credited-for-leading-the-japanese-619091",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T00:23:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
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    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/toyota-obit-japan-okuda-automakers-prius-327d352725d706f8e0c4539309990014"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshi Okuda, the former chief executive of Toyota, who led the Japanese automaker’s stellar rise in global markets, has died,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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