Japan's vehicle sales fell for a 21st consecutive month, led by Nissan Motor and Toyota Motor, capping their worst business year since 1977.
Sales of cars, trucks and buses, excluding minicars, fell 12.6 percent to 487,738 vehicles in March from a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said in a release Monday. Nissan's sales fell 16 percent, while Toyota's dropped 12 percent.
Domestic sales, excluding minicars, fell in March although household spending in Japan rose 1.3 percent in February. Declining sales at home are increasing Japanese automakers' reliance on exports to North America, where they are posting record sales by taking away customers from General Motors and Ford Motor.
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