In January 2021 Toyota automotive paid a $180 million fine to EPA for emissions violations. Wonder if EPA started poking around the forklift division after seeing what was going on in automotive...
I'd share a link but it doesn't work here
Car & Driver story said...
Between 2005 and 2015, Toyota failed to follow proper reporting procedures for emission-related issues with its vehicles in the U.S. market, according to a settlement it just reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Reading that story it seems the automotive division issue was largely a paperwork/reporting issue, not a VW situation, it is crazy the level of power the Feds have with this sort of issue...