Japanese Production and Investments in the U.S.
Cumulative investment surpasses $16 billion in the Japanese automakers' U.S. auto plants and auto parts manufacturing operations. Japanese production in the U.S. totaled nearly 2.4 million vehicles and more than 1.7 million engines in 1998. Japanese auto plants in the U.S. currently employ nearly 46,000 employees.
Japanese Automakers' Local Production in the U.S.

Japanese Production and Investments in the U.S.

Source: Japanese Automakers and Ward's Automotive Yearbook
Note: *Units produced for Ford; **Units produced for DC; ***Units produced for GM; ~Current value, not cumulative total; ^Projected for 2000; ^^Projected for 2001; ^^^Projected for 2002