Toyota Confident Hamp Didn’t Intentionally Break Drug Law
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Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda said he’s confident the company’s first female executive, Julie Hamp, didn’t intentionally break Japanese law, a day after her arrest for allegedly importing a controlled drug.
“Ms. Hamp is a very important and trustworthy friend and colleague,” Toyoda, 59, told reporters Friday in Tokyo. “Ms. Hamp, who isn’t a Japanese national, came to Japan to reside here full-time as an executive,” he said. “Maybe we didn’t provide enough support to her, to prepare her to settle here in Japan.”