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TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Motor Show will be cancelled this year due to the global pandemic, the head of the country s auto industry lobby announced on Thursday.
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) Chairman Akio Toyoda said the group, organiser of the show normally held around late October to early November, felt it was difficult to provide a safe environment amid surging coronavirus cases. (Reporting by Eimi Yamamitsu; Editing by Ritsuko Ando)
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The Tokyo Motor Show, which showcases cars from around the world, has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, who heads the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, said “we decided it’s difficult to hold the main program under safe and secure conditions for all the people to enjoy the joys of mobility.”
The organization hosts the biannual auto show in Tokyo, last held in 2019, when it attracted more than 1.3 million people. JAMA groups Japan’s 14 manufacturers of cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles.
Tokyo auto show cancels 2021 event, will rebrand as mobility show
Tokyo auto show cancels 2021 event, will rebrand as mobility show
First time the event has been canceled since its inception in 1954
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TOKYO Despite the odds, the beleaguered Tokyo auto show survived the Great Recession, the 2011 earthquake-tsunami in Japan and the rivalry of bigger, bolder shows next-door in China.
But it could not withstand the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizers of Asia s erstwhile premium auto exhibition have pulled the plug on the 2021 event and said that the show will be rebranded as the Tokyo Mobility Show in the future.