# clm_F53272518F80

subject: Toyota (/record/toyota.md)  
predicate: founded  
value: 1937-08-28  
valid_from: 1937-08-28  
valid_to: null  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-08  
confidence: 0.60  
status: unverified  
assertable: false (unverified: Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it.)  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-09  
cite: AsOf. "Toyota founded: 1937-08-28", as of 1937-08-28. Claim clm_F53272518F80, https://asof.is/claim/clm_F53272518F80, accessed 2026-11-09. Source: https://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/text/taking_on_the_automotive_business/chapter2/section4/item3.html.  
checked: 2026-11-09 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. was established on August 28, 1937 (the registration date), but it was decided that the company's founding would be designated as November 3, 1938, the effective date of its start as a company (the date of completion of the Koromo Plant).

What https://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/text/taking_on_the_automotive_business/chapter2/section4/item3.html says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/text/taking_on_the_automotive_business/chapter2/section4/item3.html (secondary)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53268 (secondary, Wikidata)

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