Japanese cars conquer ph

THE Japanese automotive industry is one of the most prominent and largest industries in the world. Japan has been in the top three of the countries with most cars manufactured since the 1960s, surpassing Germany. The automotive industry in Japan rapidly increased from the 1970s to the 1990s and in the 1980s and 1990s, overtook the U.S. as the production leader with up to 13 million cars per year manufactured and significant exports. Japan became the world’s first at 1980 to 1993, 2006 to 2008 largest automobile manufacturer and exporter.

Cars designed in Japan have also won the European Car of the Year, International Car of the Year, and World Car of the Year awards several times.