Tuesday, September 30, 2025
The Vanished - 15: Planet Toyota, and a Mitsubishi
Still in Toyota City. Aichi Prefecture. Lena claims to meet one Peruvian named Freddy who arrived in Japan in 1991 and began working for Toyota that year. According to Lena, he was a temp worker (yes, for nearly 30 years!) and has been laid off by the manufacturer, which she says is letting people go in large numbers in 2010 (?) despite an 8% increase in sales over the previous year (makes no sense, given Toyotism and Just in Time production). Or what year is it? Lena doesn't enlighten. (In any case, Japanese labor statistics don't support her assertion.) Anyway, Freddy wonders- (see photograph)
Problem is, this pic (oh la la, tres symbolique) was taken not in Toyota (or anywhere else in Aichi, for that matter) but in Osaka. Busted by the blue plate. Again. Did Stephane even snap this, Lena? Oh. And the car? It's a Mitsubishi.
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