Japan Buckles Under Pressure And Agrees To Open Domestic Clunker Program To American Automakers

Japan has agreed to open its "cash for clunkers" program to Detroit's Big Three automakers, its embassy said today.

The Japanese Embassy, under heavy pressure from Congress, defended its program as nondiscriminatory but agreed to allow Detroit's Big Three to take part. The three automakers use special import rules to sell a small number of vehicles in Japan.

Critics of the Japanese program say that while U.S. vehicles had been shut out of Japan's "clunkers" program, Japanese brands grabbed 319,300 out of a total of 677,000 in sales in the $3 billion U.S. "cash for clunkers" program last year.


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topneuro - 1/19/2010 2:28:24 PM

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It will take many 2010 For Fusion Hybrids sales in Japan for that to happen.

quizz - 1/19/2010 2:54:36 PM

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lol they only expect 700 American cars to be sold in Japan as a result of this change.

Whelan - 1/19/2010 3:26:01 PM

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Maybe a more relevant photo would have worked here. The H-Bomb that fell on Japan maybe.

SHOWTIME - 1/19/2010 3:58:46 PM

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For real...just look how selfish they still are to exclude American cars even though it would barely affect the Japanese car sales.