Sebastien Ogier will take a narrow 6.5s lead over teammate Elfyn Evans into Sunday’s Rally Japan finale after a tense day that kept Toyota on top and the WRC drivers’ championship battle finely poised.

Eiji Toyoda, a member of Toyota Motor's founding family who helped develop the company's "lean manufacturing" ethos, died on Tuesday in Toyota City, Japan, where the manufacturer is based. He was 100. A Toyota statement said Toyoda died of heart failure.Nephew of Toyota Group founder, Sakichi Toyoda, Eiji Toyoda was...