Toyota president and CEO Akio Toyoda (pictured) has agreed to appear before the US House of Representatives' Committee on Oversight and Government Reform after being summoned by committee chairman Edolphus Towns yesterday.
The fourth-generation head of the Japan-based motoring giant confirmed he will attend a hearing on 24 February to testify against allegations that the problems associated with the millions of recalls Toyota has been forced to make "may have been the direct cause of serious injury and even death."