Toyota leads global car production at 10 million units

 

Picture: Japanese mountain road in Hokkaido

“Toyota…the Japanese company- held on to pole position in the global car market with sales of 10.23 million cars and trucks in 2014…North America - it’s biggest region, with about 28 per cent of volume sales…sales of 1.1 million in China this year, an annual rise of 6.6 per cent…The company is expecting 3 per cent growth in the US”

Source: Toyota’s car sales reign threatened by Kana Inagaki and Andy Sharman, The Financial Times, Australian Financial Review Newspaper, Friday 23^rd January, 2015 page 20.

japan, japanese, customer, consumer, toyota, statistics, trends, insights, manufacturing, business, cars, production, www.japanesecustomer.com, 2015, #japan, #japanese, #customer

Japan enjoys the biggest net foreign asset ranking in the world

 

Picture: Japanese coins and currency

“Advocates of QE (Quantitative Easing) point to Japan, which has endured bouts of deflation since its economy imploded in 1990..collectively, the Japanese enjoy the biggest net foreign asset position in the world”

Source: Printing more money not the answer for ailing European economies by Adam Creighton, The Australian Newspaper, Friday January 23^rd 2015, page 29.

 japan, japanese, consumer, customer, qe, net, foreign asset, ranking, world, #1, trends, www.japanesecustomer.com, #japan, #japanese, #customer

Japan's Itochu in business since 1800's

 

Picture: Japanese freight trucks

“Japan’s third-largest trading company Itochu..has been in business since Japan opened to the world in the late 1800’s”

Source: The new reality of Asian business is regional supply chains, by Greg Earl, The Australian Financial review Newspaper, Thursday January 22^nd, 2015, page 29.

japan, japanese, consumer, customer, picture, quote, news, itochu, trading, business, www.japanesecustomer.com, #japan, #japanese, #customer