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How a Hamamatsu loom maker built ~40%+ share of India's car market, dominated Japan's kei segment, and walked away from Volkswagen — a profile of Japan's most underrated automaker.
How a Nakajima Aircraft successor built one of Japan's most loyal US customer bases — and what the EV transition forces it to rebuild via its Toyota tie.
SkyActiv-X, the rotary's return as a range extender, the deepening Toyota tie and the unusual US-heavy sales mix make Mazda Japan's most contrarian automaker.
The 2024–2026 alliance restructuring, the failed Honda merger and the deal structures that still constrain every Nissan move.
How Honda's parallel power-products and motorcycle businesses are the structural moat — and what its 2026 EV reset signals to foreign suppliers and investors.
Why the world's largest automaker runs four powertrain technologies in parallel — and what foreign suppliers, fleet buyers and investors should read into it.
One of the world's top bearing makers and a leader in automotive wheel-hub bearings — part of Japan's bearing trio with NSK and JTEKT
A Toyota-group world leader in steering systems and electric power steering, and a major bearing maker under the Koyo brand
Alongside Koito, the Japanese maker that lights the world's cars — and uniquely makes its own LED chips
One of the world's top bearing makers — the low-friction components inside almost everything that rotates, from cars to wind turbines
A world leader in automotive airbag inflators and cellulose acetate — chemistry that both protects passengers and films displays
One of the world's top automotive-microcontroller makers — when its chips ran short, car factories around the world stopped
