As of March 2021, the leading automobile brand on Japan's streets was Toyota, with around 21.43 million automobiles in use. Most of those were regular automobiles subject to registration. When only accounting for mini vehicles, Daihatsu was in the lead.
Leading automobile manufacturers in Japan as of March 2021, based on vehicles in use
(in millions)
including four-wheeled automobiles subject to registration and light motor vehicles*
Supplementary notes
*Vehicles include passenger cars, trucks except for trailers, buses, and special purpose vehicles. Light motor trucks include three-wheeled vehicles.
**Import vehicles include vehicles from Japanese production overseas.
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