Japan has witnessed a significant fall in the number of sales of imported vehicles in the country as the economic crisis dragged figures down to their lowest levels since 1989.
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Sales of imported vehicles, including Japanese cars assembled abroad, fell 37.2% year on year in January, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said.
Broken down, sales of foreign branded cars fell 34.3% to 7,657 units but Japanese branded cars fared worse with a fall of 50.2% to 1,258 units.
The overall year on year fall was the largest since 1968 when association began compiling data. It was also the third month in a row there had been a drop of over 30% on the prior year.
