Research and Markets: Automotive Industry: Japan Strategic Market Profile

DUBLIN, Ireland--Sept. 13, 2004--

Is Japan's Motor Industry Ready to Flex Its Muscles?

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Automotive Industry: Japan Strategic Market Profile to their offering.

Japan continues to play a fundamental role in transforming the global motor industry. The rise of its domestic car industry in the 1970's has done much to improve the quality, specification and affordability of motor vehicles around the world, but the Japanese market is now under serious pressure.

The continuing economic slump is a problem for the domestic market, and the days of being a low-cost production location are long gone, and the country could, ironically become a net importer of vehicles by 2020 as output from the new developing nations deprives Japan of export opportunities and forces larger import volumes into its domestic market.

However, for all the current challenges, the Japanese success story puts into clear perspective how it is possible for a country to move from being a developing nation to a global force in less than 30 years. It provides a template for what is almost certain to happen in other developing nations in the years to come, and in particular, what happens to exchange rates when they are allowed or forced to float as a nation becomes industrialised and a major exporting source.

The implications, market drivers and scope of Japan's future vehicle market are covered in the Japan Strategic Market Profile, a brand-new forecast of Japanese automotive and related activity to 2020. Based on Max Pemberton's unique relational long-term forecasting model, it forecasts car and CV sales, demographics, materials usage, auto industry employment, and explains their inter-relation with detailed analysis.

Report Contents:

Japan - Introduction

Vehicle Ownership Compared with Income - Selected Markets

- Market Profile

Population and income distribution

Population

Landmass

Population density

Income distribution

- Vehicle Sales

Vehicle Sales in Japan Compared with the World Total

Sales Mix Evolution, Cars -vs- CVS

Vehicle Sales Evolution - 1960 to 2020

Vehicle Sales Evolution and Forecast - 1960 to 2020

Volume, Thousands and Market Share

Vehicle Sales Evolution and Forecast - 1960 to 2020

Volume, Thousands, Log-based

- The Vehicle Parc

Vehicle Parc Evolution - 1960 to 2020

- Vehicle Scrap

Vehicle Scrap Evolution and Forecast - 1960 to 2020

- Vehicle Production, Sales and Net Import/Exports Sales and Production Volumes - 1960 to 2020

An Alternative Scenario

Automotive Data

Sales Compared with the Total Population - 1960 to 2020

Percent

Sales Compared with the 20 to 64 Population - 1960 to 2020

Percent

Sales Compared with Households - 1960 to 2020

Percent

Sales Compared with GNP - 1960 to 2020

$US billions constant

Sales Compared with Scrap - 1960 to 2020

Demographics

Employment

Economics

Infrastructure

Materials

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c4852