Japan's Automative Workforce

JAPAN'S AUTOMOTIVE GLOBAL AUTO SALES WORK FORCE In millions of units 66.5 69.7 62.6 60.8 Japan's total work force: 63.76 million 2007 2008 2009 2010 JAPANESE COMPANIES' GLOBAL MARKET SHARE Epicentrre of 32% March 11 earthquake, magnitude 9.0. 8.1% (5.15 million) Total employment in auto manufacturing and related industries 31 30 29 28 Nissan's Iwaki IMPACT OF MARCH 11 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI JAPAN'S AUTO ASSEMBLY PLANTS Engine Plant was shut 27 2007 2008 2009 2010 PREFECTURES THAT REPORTED DEATHS/NJURIES BIG FIVE AUTO PLANTS down for two months. Sendai JAPANESE COMPANIES' GLOBAL SALES Jan, - Sept. 30 2011 OTHER AUTO PLANTS AREAS THAT SUFFERED ROLLING BLACKOUTS 6 million units Fukushima nuclear plants I and II. Tochigi JAPAN Wako Naka Tokyo (7 Yokohama Renesas Electronics Corp. controls about 35% of the microcontroller HONDA ISUZU MAZDA MITSU. NISSAN SUBARU SUZUKI TOYOTA market share. Its Naka factory was severely damaged. JAPANESE AUTO PRODUCTION IN CANADA MANUFACTURER LOCATION PLANT TYPE EMPLOYEES Toyota Delta, B.C. Aluminum wheels 292 Toyota Cambridge/Woodstock, Ont. Auto assembly 5,919 Honda Alliston, Ont. Auto assembly, engine 4,640 JAPAN'S BIG FIVE AUTO MAKERS Hino (Toyota) Woodstock, Ont, Truck assembly 80 | NISSAN | SUZUKI TOYOTA HONDA MAZDA O Kanto Auto Works Iwate prefecture Yaris sedan, Scion xB and xD Sustained minor damage O lwaki Engine Plant Fukushima prefecture Sustained damage; two workers injured O Kosai, Iwata Shizuoka prefecture Swift, SX, Grand Vitara, other cars 6 Research and Development Centre Tochigi prefecture Engine parts/transmissions sustained damage; one dead, 30 injured O Hofu Yamaguchi prefecture Mazda2, Verisa, MX-5, RX-8, MPV, Biante, E-series O Central Motors Co. Miyagi prefecture Yaris sedan Sustained minor damage O Tochigi Tochigi prefecture Infiniti, GT-R, Fuga hybrid Sustained damage O other plant areas 6 Sayama Assembly Plant Saitama prefecture Fit (Jazz), Accord, CR-V, Acura RL,TSX O Miyoshi Hiroshima prefecture Mazda3, Mazda6 PARTS MANUFACTURER Other plant areas O O O O Yokohama Kanagawa prefecture Leaf EV 8 Suzuka Assembly Plant Mie prefecture Fit, Civic Insight, CR-Z 16 Renesas Naka Factory Sustained damage O Other plant areas THE GLOBE AND MAIL SOURCES: WARD'S AUTO INFO BANK; JAPAN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION; GRAPHIC NEWS, REUTERS