This excerpt taken from the TM 20-F filed Jun 24, 2009.
Corporate Purpose
Article 2 of Toyotas articles of incorporation states that its purpose is to engage in the following businesses:
the manufacture, sale, leasing and repair of:
motor vehicles, industrial vehicles, ships, aircraft, other transportation machinery and apparatus, spacecraft and space machinery and apparatus, and parts thereof;
industrial machinery and apparatus, other general machinery and apparatus, and parts thereof;
electrical machinery and apparatus, and parts thereof; and
measuring machinery and apparatus, medical machinery and apparatus, and parts thereof;
the manufacture and sale of ceramics and products of synthetic resins, and materials thereof;
the manufacture, sale and repair of construction materials and equipment, furnishings and fixtures for residential buildings;
the planning, designing, supervision, execution and undertaking of construction works, civil engineering works, land development, urban development and regional
development;
the sale, purchase, leasing, brokerage and management of real estate;
the service of information processing, information communications and information supply and the development, sale and leasing of software;
the design and development of product sales systems that utilize networks such as the Internet;
the sale, leasing and maintenance of computers included within such systems, and sale of products by utilizing such systems;
the inland transportation, marine transportation, air transportation, stevedoring, warehousing and tourism businesses;
the printing, publishing, advertising and publicity, general leasing, security and workers dispatch businesses;
the credit card operations, purchase and sale of securities, investment consulting, investment trust operation, and other financial services;
the operation and management of such facilities as parking lots, showrooms, educational facilities, medical care facilities, sports facilities, marinas, airfields,
food and drink stands and restaurants, lodging facilities, retail stores and others;
the non-life insurance agency business and the life insurance agency business;
the production and processing by using biotechnology of agricultural products including trees, and the sale of such products;
the sale of goods related to each of the preceding items and mineral oil; and
the conducting of engineering, consulting, invention and research relating to each of the preceding items and the utilization of such invention and research, and
any businesses incidental to or related to any of the preceding items.