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The Process of Kaizen, or Continuous Improvement, permeates every aspect of Toyota Motor Corp.'s corporate philosophy. But even the No.1 Japanese auto maker, going on nearly a year of declining or flat sales in its most profitable market and battling rising raw-material prices as crude oil hovers above $130 per barrel, is sounding the alarms. In a speech coinciding with Toyota's year-end earnings