DVN is back in Tokyo this 11-12 June for our lighting workshop. The first Toyko workshop was 13 years ago in 2012; this will be the fifth. I was travelling often to Japan in my previous role, when I was visiting my former colleagues at Nissan.
Japan is a great country for the automotive industry, ranked № 3 for motor vehicle manufacturing (around 9 million a year) and № 4 for motor vehicle selling (just behind India with 4.8 million vehicles selling in 2023). Auto-related employment in Japan at present totals 5.58 million people, of whom 883,000 are in auto production.
This year, the market has decreased a bit to 4.421 million units. That includes a strong motorbike market with 682,000 units including famous Japanese brands. Export market is very strong at 4.4 million vehicles, while imports are very low at just 311,000 vehicles in 2023.
If we zoom out to a more global vision, Japanese automakers’ overseas production in 2023 totalled 17.51 million automobiles and 25.19 million motorcycles. Japanese makers own around 30 per cent of the worldwide motor vehicle market!
The vehicle lighting market in Japan is mainly shared among the big three: Koito, Stanley, and Ichikoh-Valeo. In 2023, I estimated the Japanese vehicle lighting market at around €3bn, with Koito’s market share above 50 per cent, followed by Stanley and Ichikoh with estimated market shares between 15 and 25 per cent. There’s an average basket for lighting around €300 per car.
During the DVN event in June, you will be able to learn more about this, the world’s № 3 lighting market, with participation from main Japanese automakers and tier-1 and -2 suppliers. We will have some really interesting sessions about technology (ADB, microLED, laser), sustainability, interior lighting, and another of DVN’s famous regulatory sessions, with key official attendees from the Japanese GRE delegation and GTB. 18 exhibitors and 25 speakers are already confirmed.
We have just published a first draft agenda, and updated the event summary and registration page with additional information, so have a look, reserve your place, and book your trip!
We have also just released DVN Munich Videos for people who missed the event or would like to see again some sessions.
