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Japan: The Late Starter Who Outpaced All Her Rivals

In: The Economic and Social Effects of the Spread of Motor Vehicles

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  • Koichi Shimokawa

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This chapter will set the development of car-ownership and truck transport in post-Second World War Japan into a longer historical perspective. At present over 40 million vehicles are registered and sales on the home market are growing at more than 5 million per year. Eighty per cent of journeys by commercial vehicles, from light pick-ups to heavy trucks, range up to 200 km. An increasing proportion is over 100–200 km. and beyond that. In consequence rail freight traffic, once so important, is declining fast. How are these remarkable changes to be explained and do they conflict?

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  • Koichi Shimokawa, 1987. "Japan: The Late Starter Who Outpaced All Her Rivals," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Theo Barker (ed.), The Economic and Social Effects of the Spread of Motor Vehicles, chapter 11, pages 214-235, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-08624-5_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08624-5_11
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