Starting in 2026, Toyota will sell three cars made in the United States in Japan. The company plans to send the Camry, the Highlander SUV, and the Tundra pickup truck to other countries. The car company thinks the move will boost trade between the US and Japan and help it grow its lineup of cars available in Japan. Toyota announced that it will start selling three of its US-made cars in Japan. Toyota hasn’t given a date for when it will start bringing cars in, but it has said it is preparing to do so in 2026. Toyota’s plans for Japan include the Tundra truck, the Highlander SUV, and the Camry sedan. Toyota’s full-size truck hasn’t been sold in Japan since the Tundra launched in 2000, but the company will now start selling it there. The Camry and Highlander were also sold in Japan before being discontinued in 2023 and 2007, respectively. Toyota thinks there are two reasons someone might choose to sell or export cars made in the United States. The first step is to improve its offering in Japan. The car company’s second goal, which may be more important, is to boost trade between the US and Japan by bringing cars over from the US. Car companies often make cars in one place and sell them in another. It would be neither affordable nor practical to have car factories in every country in the world. But this is a big deal for Toyota’s export location. Most cars that are made in the US stay in North America, if not in the US. Of course, one goal of Trump’s big car tariffs this year was to boost car exports, and this will happen now that the tariffs are in place.
