First semester 2021: Toyota was the leading car brand in Japan, the Toyota Yaris the best-selling car model, and the Honda N-Box the favorite kei minicar. The Japanese new car market expanded by 11.6% during the first half of 2021 with total vehicle sales just below 2.5 million vehicles. Toyota remained the largest carmaker in Japan with sales approaching pre-pandemic … [Read more...]

January to March 2021: Toyota was again the best-selling car brand in Japan while the Yaris was the top-selling model and the Honda N-Box the favorite minicar (kei) in Q1. During the first quarter of 2021, Toyota remained by far the largest vehicle manufacturer in Japan and gained market share in a growing market. Second-placed Suzuki extended its lead over Honda. The … [Read more...]

In 2020, Toyota remained by far the best-selling car brand in Japan. Market analysis showed a contraction of 11.5% in vehicle sales. In full-year 2020, Toyota maintained its traditional position as Japan's largest carmaker and best-selling car brand. Suzuki gained second place from Honda. The Japanese new passenger vehicle market contracted by 12% while the total motorized … [Read more...]

In 2020, the Toyota Yaris and Raize were the top-selling car models in Japan for the first time ever. The Prius slipped out of the top ten. In full-year 2020, the Toyota Yaris was the top-selling car model in Japan for the first time ever while the new Toyota Raize was the second most popular car. The evergreen Corolla rounded out the top three places for Toyota. The Honda … [Read more...]

2020 (full year sales): Daihatsu was the top mini-vehicle maker in Japan, Suzuki the best-selling minicar brand, and the Honda N-Box the top-selling Kei model. In full calendar year 2020, Daihatsu remained the largest producer of mini-vehicles in Japan but Suzuki became the best-selling mini passenger car brand. The Honda N-Box was again the top-selling Kei car … [Read more...]

2020 (Q1-Q3) -- Toyota was the best-selling car brand in Japan, the Yaris the top-selling model, and Honda N-Box the favorite minicar. January to September 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in Japan contracted by 19%. Toyota remained the top-selling vehicle brand in Japan and gained market share. Suzuki was the second best-selling car brand in Japan thus far in … [Read more...]

First semester 2020: Toyota was the leading car brand in Japan, the Toyota Raize the best-selling car model, and the Honda N-Box the favorite kei minicar. The Japanese new car market contracted by 20% during the first half of 2020 with total vehicle sales down to 2.2 million vehicles. Toyota easily remained the largest carmaker in Japan and gained market share despite … [Read more...]

January to March 2020: Toyota gained market share in a weak market to remain Japan's largest carmaker. The Corolla was the top-selling model car and the Honda N-Box the favorite minicar (kei). During the first quarter of 2020, Toyota remained by far the largest vehicle manufacturer in Japan while Suzuki narrowly took second place ahead of Honda. The Toyota Corolla is back … [Read more...]

In 2019, the Toyota Prius regained the top position as the best-selling car model in Japan. The Nissan Note slipped to second. In 2019, the best-selling car model in Japan was the Toyota Prius. Last year's favorite model, the Nissan Note, slipped to second. The Toyota Sienta was third while the Toyota Corolla surged to fourth. Seven of the ten most-popular car models in … [Read more...]

In 2019, Toyota remained by far the best-selling car brand in Japan New vehicle registrations contracted by -1.5% but remained above 5 million. In full calendar year 2019, new vehicle registrations in Japan contracted by 1.5% but was a relatively high 5,195,216 vehicles. Toyota remained by far the largest carmaker in Japan and gained market share. Honda and Suzuki had … [Read more...]

In 2019, Daihatsu and Suzuki were the best-selling minicar (kei) brands in Japan with the Honda N-Box again the top-selling car. In full calendar year 2019, new minicar (kei) registrations were slightly lower at 1,910,346 (-0.7%) than a year ago. Daihatsu and Suzuki continued to dominate the Japanese minicar market with each brand selling nearly a third of all minicars in … [Read more...]

January to September 2019: Toyota remained Japan's top vehicle manufacturer, the Prius was the top-selling model and the Honda N-Box the best-selling minicar. During the first three quarters of 2019, Toyota, Honda and Suzuki were again the best-selling car brands in Japan. The Toyota Prius regained the best-selling car model position from the Nissan Note. The Honda N-Box … [Read more...]

During the first half of 2019 Toyota and Honda were the best-selling car brands in Japan. The Toyota Prius was the top-selling car model and the Honda N-Box the favorite mini car. January to June 2019: Toyota, Honda and Suzuki were again Japan's best-selling car brands. The Toyota Prius regained the title of Japan's favorite car model from the Nissan Note. However, the … [Read more...]

Toyota was the top-selling car brand in Japan during the first quarter of 2019. The Nissan Note was the most-popular model and the Honda N-Box the favorite kei mini-car. Toyota increased car sales in Japan during the first quarter of 2019 to gain some market share in a flat market. Honda was again the second largest carmaker in Japan while both Suzuki and Daihatsu overtook … [Read more...]

In 2018, Toyota was again the largest vehicle manufacturer in Japan and the top-selling car brand, followed by Honda and Suzuki. Toyota remained Japan's leading carmaker in 2018 by selling more than double the number of vehicles by second-place Honda or third-placed Suzuki combined. The Japanese new vehicle market was flat with nearly 5.3 million vehicles sold in 2018. … [Read more...]

In 2018, the Nissan Note was the top-selling car model in Japan followed by the Toyota Aqua and Prius. The Honda N-Box mini car (kei) sold in higher numbers. The Nissan Note was the most-popular car model in Japan in 2018, although Japanese car buyers purchased almost double as many Honda N-Box mini cars (kei). It was the first time in a decade that Japan's favorite car … [Read more...]

January to September 2018: Toyota was Japan’s largest carmaker, the Nissan Note the best-selling model and the Honda N-Box the favorite mini car of the Japanese. During the first three quarters of 2018, Toyota, Honda and Suzuki were again the top-selling carmakers in Japan with weak Toyota sales putting a damper on the overall market. The Nissan Note was the favorite car … [Read more...]

During the first semester of 2018 Toyota remained Japan’s largest carmaker despite loosing market share. The Nissan Note was Japan’s top-selling car model. During the first six months of 2018 the Japanese new vehicle market contracted slightly to just over 2.7 million vehicles. Toyota sales were down by 9% allowing most other Japanese carmakers to gain market share. The … [Read more...]

Toyota remained Japan’s best-selling carmaker during the first quarter of 2018. The Nissan Note was again the top-selling car model while the Honda N-Box was the favorite mini car of the Japanese. During the first quarter of 2018, Toyota remained by far the largest carmaker in Japan. However, Toyota sales were down by over 9% compared to a 2.3% contraction for the … [Read more...]

The Toyota Prius was again Japan’s best-selling car model in 2017 despite weaker sales. The Honda N-Box was the favorite mini car (kei) of Japanese car buyers. The Toyota Prius was Japan’s best-selling passenger car in 2017 despite sales contracting by a third. The Nissan Note replaced the Toyota Aqua as the second most-popular car model in Japan. The Honda N-Box was the … [Read more...]