President Akio Toyoda, the company's top executive, and Jim Lentz, CEO of the North American region.

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As part of Wednesday's changes, Toyota named James Lentz to lead its efforts in North America.

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Digg said Friday it will host a "Dialogg" with Toyota USA President Jim Lentz.

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Lentz said the weaker yen is short term, and Toyota's broader strategy is to build where it sells.

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Ireland retained their 10-point lead heading into half-time but tempers boiled over when Fogarty and Owen Lentz were sin-binned for fighting.

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Lentz said Toyota would continue to move production to North America as a hedge against fluctuations in the value of the yen versus the dollar.

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In an interview with The Associated Press last month, Lentz said Toyota studies sales trends for each particular model series and will add North American factory capacity when necessary.

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Digg's Dialogg platform lets users pose and vote up questions for Digg to ask Toyota's Lentz, and the car marker leverages a social media organization that gets 44 million unique visitors a month.

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The world's biggest automaker also promoted four non-Japanese managers to oversee regional businesses, including James Lentz, an American who already leads Toyota Motor Sales in the U.S. He will head the North American region.

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Toyota also promoted four non-Japanese managers to oversee regional divisions, which will become more autonomous, including James Lentz, an American who already leads Toyota Motor Sales in the U.S., to head the North American region.

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