The world marveled at the sheer expansion of Japanese manufacturing, spearheaded by the automotive technology they had to offer. The Japanese car industry traces its roots to the Japanese business conglomerates or in the Nihongo vernacular, zaibatsu, who began assembling their first automobiles at the turn of the 20th century. After the war, it took more than a decade for the Japanese market to get a foothold before starting an automobile revolution in the 1960s. This trend continued until the early 2000s with the same carmakers making strides in the automobile market in the Philippines. With Japanese manufacturers producing very affordable, reliable, and popular cars throughout the 1990s, Japan became the largest car producing nation in the world in 2000.

Source: The Standard August 30, 2016 16:07 UTC