Toyota’s top communications executive Julie Hamp was arrested yesterday in Japan for having imported oxycodone, a strictly regulated painkiller there. But she got strong support
from her boss Akio Toyoda, who defended his “close friend” and global communications chief. A package to her labeled "necklaces" had been intercepted at the airport. Along with toy
necklaces were dozens of painkillers. She was hired by Toyota three years ago.
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