• The Detroit Bureau, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 11 AM

Nearly 7 in 10 of the Japanese-badged cars, trucks and crossovers sold in the U.S. last year were produced on a North American assembly line, according to a new report.

More than a quarter century after the first Japanese transplant – a Honda factory in Marysville, Ohio – went into operation, more than 400,000 jobs in the U.S. have been created by the Japanese, according to a new report by the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association, or JAMA.

With a strong yen Toyota, Nissan and Honda are steadily shifting production away from home. Toyota, for example, plans to produce vehicles like the Sienna minivan in the U.S. for export to Korea. Japanese car exports from U.S. facilities jumped 145,000 in 2010 from just 95,000 the year before. 

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