Honda and Toyota are not the same company.

Honda refers to Honda Technology Research Industry Co., Ltd., which is the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer. Its automobile production and scale are also among the top ten automobile manufacturers in the world.

Honda was established in October 1946 and September 1948. The founder is the legendary Junichiro Honda. The company is headquartered in Tokyo and has approximately 180,000 employees. Today, Honda is a multinational automobile and motorcycle production and sales group. Its products include not only cars and motorcycles, but also power machinery products such as generators and agricultural machinery.

TOYOTA Motor Corporation, referred to as Toyota, is a Japanese automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture and Bunkyo District, Tokyo, Japan, and is affiliated with the Mitsui Zaibatsu.

Toyota was founded by Akio Toyoda. Shoichiro Toyoda was born in Japan in 1895 and graduated from the Engineering Department of Tokyo Imperial High School, majoring in mechanics.

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Honda’s two basic concepts:

1. The concept of “human respect”

Japanese corporate culture A key feature is people-centredness. Honda's "Human Respect" philosophy is to respect everyone. The core of Honda's culture is to respect people and actively advocate a people-oriented business philosophy, thereby stimulating employees' work enthusiasm.

All Honda employees have no job titles and are all worthy of their names. Employees are not required to make any commitment to the company, and there are no factional disputes, allowing employees to work in a harmonious and relaxed environment.

Honda's famous saying "work for yourself" is a concrete manifestation of high respect for the personal spirit. Honda adopts a "self-application system" to arrange and transfer personnel, giving everyone the right to freely choose the direction that suits them.

2. The concept of "three happiness"

The concept of "three happiness" is the happiness of buying, the happiness of selling and the happiness of creation. Through various activities of the enterprise, people who buy goods feel the joy of purchasing, people who are engaged in selling goods feel the joy of selling, and people who are engaged in developing new products and a series of corporate activities feel the joy of creation.

These three concepts are to make customers satisfied and happy. At the same time, it also allows employees to regard work as a happy thing, so that each employee's ability can be fully utilized, and everyone can truly make the best use of their talents.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Honda;

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Toyota;

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