Volkswagen has become the first foreign automaker to export a million vehicles to Japan, the Japanese arm of the German automaker told Kyodo News.

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Japan began importing Volkswagen Beetles in 1953 and, of the million vehicles, the Golf has accounted for 550,000.


The automaker held a ceremony to mark the delivery of the one millionth Volkswagen – a Touareg SUV – to a Japanese port.

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