Vehicle Production By Brand Japan : 2014

The Demio (Mazda2) is Japan's car of the year

I must say that JAMA provides an excellent data service for vehicle production in Japan. Total production was up 1.5% with colour used to show which increased (green) or decreased (yellow). Car manufacturing was somewhat muted but the utility side was more robust.

Nissan's car production is surprisingly low considering it's global size. What that points to is that Nissan is the most international of all Japanese car makers. On the other hand, Mazda is a small car maker yet so high up as a car maker would make it the least global.

Car
1	1	1	1	1	Toyota	2,915,185	35.2%	-3.5%
3	5	3	4	2	Honda	922,533	11.1%	14.5%
5	4	5	2	3	Mazda	918,502	11.1%	-3.4%
4	3	4	5	4	Suzuki	825,890	10.0%	3.6%
2	2	2	3	5	Nissan	764,230	9.2%	-10.5%
8	8	7	6	6	Subaru	695,790	8.4%	8.8%
6	6	8	8	7	Mitsubishi	637,897	7.7%	23.1%
7	7	6	7	8	Daihatsu	597,043	7.2%	-0.9%
					Total	8,277,070		1.1%
Utility
1	1	1	1	1	Toyota	351,620	23.5%	4.8%
2	2	2	2	2	Isuzu	267,872	17.9%	9.7%
3	3	3	3	3	Suzuki	233,439	15.6%	31.2%
4	4	5	4	4	Daihatsu	185,152	12.4%	7.2%
6	5	4	5	5	Hino	162,492	10.9%	2.3%
5	6	6	6	6	Nissan	116,657	7.8%	5.6%
7	7	7	7	7	Fuso	103,233	6.9%	6.7%
10	11	9	9	8	Honda	35,646	2.4%	1.4%
11	10	10	10	9	UD Trucks	21,543	1.4%	17.0%
12	12	12	11	10	Mazda	15,798	1.1%	0.0%
8	8	8	8	11	Mitsubishi	2,993	0.2%	-95.9%
					Others	1,043	0.1%	-17.7%
					Total	1,497,488		3.9%
					Gr Total	9,774,558		1.5%

The Nissan Serena is a popular vehicle in Japan