Japanese automobile production for the first half of calendar 2016 came in at 4,844,101 units, according to data released on July 31 by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA). This marks a year-on-year increase of 7.8 percent and the first increase for the figure in three years. The increase primarily came from cars for the...
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Foreign Car Sales in Japan Increase 3.8% for First Half of 2017
There were 150,997 new vehicle registrations in Japan for foreign automobiles for January–June 2017, according to figures released on July 6 by the Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA). The first half figures represent a 3.8 percent increase over the same period for the previous year, marking the eighth straight year of such increases. Twelve automotive...
Prius Climbs Back to Top New Car Sales for First Time in Three Months
Toyota Motor Corp’s (TYO:7203) Prius reclaimed the top spot in May for best-selling vehicle among those with engine displacement above and below 660 cc. It is the first time in three months that the Prius has retaken the lead, with the new model Prius plug-in hybrid (PHV) launched in February contributing to the boosted sales....
JEITA: Automotive AVC Equipment Shipments up 9.5% for 2016
Japan’s domestic shipment value of consumer electronics increased in fiscal 2016 for the first time in six years, rising 4.1 percent to hit 1.33 trillion yen ($11.91 billion), according to the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). This included a 9.5-percent increase in vehicle automatic volume control (AVC) equipment, which grew in shipment...
Japanese New Car Sales Increase for Sixth Consecutive Month
New vehicle sales in Japan increased 9.2 percent year-on-year in April 2017, rising to 354,750 units in a sixth consecutive month of year-on-year growth. Sales of full-size vehicles (engine displacement: larger than 660 cc) totaled 224,220 units, representing a 5.4-percent increase from April 2016 and a ninth consecutive month of growth. Sales of kei-class light...
Car Production in Japan Increases for First Time in Three Years
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) recently announced Japanese automakers’ production and export results for fiscal 2016. Production volume in Japan totaled 9,360,278 units for a 1.9-percent year-on-year increase, the first such increase in three years. This was helped by favourable domestic sales for cars with engines 660 cc or larger and positive growth in...
Auto Industry B2B E-Commerce in Japan Reaches 42 Trillion Yen in 2016
Japan’s business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce market grew to 15.1 trillion yen in scale last year, according to findings by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The market’s growth represents an overall 9.9-percent increase from 2015, including an estimated 8.9-percent increase to 204.1 billion yen ($1.83 billion) for automotive B2C e-commerce – including that for...
Prius Claims Back Top Spot in New Car Sales Rankings
The Toyota Prius was the best-selling new car in Japan in fiscal 2016. It is the first time in five years that the Prius has topped the domestic new car sales rankings, coming partly due to a market-expanding strong first-half performance. The Honda N-Box came in second for the second year in a row, followed...
For First Time in 10 Years, Japan Sees More Than 90,000 Medium and Heavy-Duty Truck Sales
Japan’s sales of medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks grew 11.2 percent year-on-year for fiscal 2016 to reach 98,106 units, according to industry sources. It is the first time in 10 years that sales figures have topped the 90,000-unit mark. An industry member attributed this increase to strong sales of large cargo trucks throughout the year, as...
Japan Tops 5 Million New Car Sales in 2016 – First Time in Two Years
New car sales in Japan rose 2.8 percent year-on-year for fiscal year 2016, increasing to 5,077,904 units. Including both full-size and kei-class light automobiles, it marks the first time in two years that sales have surpassed 5 million units. After weak sales early on due to the Kumamoto earthquakes and kei-class light automobile-related fuel efficiency...
JAMA Forecasts New Vehicle Sales to Top 5 Million Units in 2017
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Inc. (JAMA) on March 16 announced its forecast that 5,000,300 new vehicles will be sold domestically in fiscal 2017, which is 0.8 percent lower than that forecast for fiscal 2016. According to figures compiled by JAMA, the number of registered vehicles for the domestic market for fiscal 2017 is forecast...
New Car Sales up for Third Straight Month in January
Japan’s total domestic sales of new cars grew 4.9 percent year-on-year in January to 401,650 vehicles, up for the third straight month. The number of full-size vehicles rose 8.6 percent to 258,085 units, up for the sixth straight month. The rise was led by increased sales of new models released in the second half of...
JRMA Forecasts Slight Growth in Rubber Demand for 2017
The Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association (JRMA) projects that 2017 consumption of new rubber will exceed the 2016 forecast by 0.6 percent to reach 1.293 million tons. JRMA forecasts that demand for automobile tires and tire tubes, which account for about 80 percent of total consumption, will grow 0.3 percent to about 1.043 million tons, on...
Japanese Car Production Down Second Year in a Row, Exports Up 1.2%
According to automobile production numbers for 2016 compiled by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) on Jan. 31, domestic production for four-wheel vehicles was 9.20459 million units, a 0.8-percent year-on-year decline. It marks the second year in a row that domestic production was down compared to the previous year. With a tax increase on kei-class...
November Global Production Up 11.5% for Eight Japanese Passenger Car Makers
A total of eight Japanese passenger vehicle manufacturers saw record numbers in production and exports for November 2016. The combined global production volume of these eight companies showed a year-on-year increase of 11.5 percent, at a total of 2,555,811 vehicles. One manufacturer after another showed strong performance in foreign production for November, setting new records...
Domestic Tire Demand Expected to Hold Firm in 2017
Demand for automobile tires in Japan for 2017 is expected to be 118.19 million units, largely unchanged from that estimated for 2016. This comes according to a forecast from the Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association (JATMA), announced on Dec. 15. Assumptions behind JATMA’s tire demand forecast for 2017 include the number of passenger vehicles increasing...
