Toyota announces plan to build new vehicle assembly plant in Japan – operations to start in early 2030s

Toyota has announced it will build a new vehicle manufacturing plant in Japan on land it plans to acquire in the Teihoucho area of Toyota City, which is found in the Aichi Prefecture. According to Reuters, the last assembly plant Toyota built in Japan was in 2012.

In an official release, the company said operations at the new plant are planned to start in the early 2030s, adding that models to be produced there will only be determined in the future. It also pointed out that it intends to maintain production capacity at three million vehicles in Japan alone.

The announcement comes alongside its financial results for the April-to-June quarter, which is the first quarter of the company’s financial year 2026 (April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026).

In Q1 FY2026, Toyota delivered a total of 2.829 million vehicles, which is 7.3% more than the 2.636 million units recorded in Q1 FY2025 (April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025). Despite this, the company is forecasting total sales in FY2026 to hit 11.2 million units, identical to FY2025.

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