Chip Shortages Hit Japan Car Sales Amid Production Cuts Bloomberg 3/1/2021 Yuko Takeo (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s motor vehicle sales dropped in February for the first time in five months, in the latest sign of fallout from the global shortage of semiconductors. Sales of cars, trucks and buses slid 2.2% from a year ago, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association reported Monday. © Bloomberg Vehicle sales drop during semiconductor shortage The sales drop is a byproduct of the worldwide chip shortage and could temporarily add to Japan’s issues just as its emerges from a two-mo...