Motorisation in Japan

Ryohei Kakumoto

Chapter 14 in The Economics of Long-Distance Transportation, 1983, pp 187-196 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The history of motor vehicles in Japan dates back to the beginning of the twentieth century. Popularisation began at the turn of 1960. As the income level rose to a certain point, more and more passenger motor vehicles came into use. In the middle of the 1960s, the income per capita increased to 70 per cent of the price of a popular passenger motor car. During the period from 1960 to 1975 real GNP rose by a factor of 3.57 and the number of motor vehicles increased by a factor of 8.56, while the number of motor cars increased by a factor of 33 (Tables 14.1, 14.2). Their share in domestic traffic and highway investment has also increased. (Tables 14.3, 14.6).

Keywords: Motor Vehicle; Public Transport; Road Transport; Freight Rail; Passenger Service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17013-5_14

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