A model house is shown during a briefing at a plant of Kasugai Housing Works, one of three housing plants run by Toyota.
KASUGAI, Japan —; Cubicles that are bits of homes, tucked with stairways, built-in closets and pink bathtubs, roll off the assembly line at a bustling Toyota plant in central Japan —; not the usual rows of shiny cars.
Kasugai Housing Works, a plant for prefabricated housing run by Toyota, prides itself on the same production methods that gave the Japanese automaker a reputation for quality and efficiency around the world.