The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. was established in 1967 to promote the sound development of the automobile manufacturing industry and contribute to social and economic welfare through research, information exchange, public service and international cooperation activities.

JAMA Chairmen, 1967-

1967-1972	Katsuji Kawamata	President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
1972-1980	Eiji Toyoda	President, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (today's Toyota Motor Corporation)
1980-1986	Takashi Ishihara	President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
1986-1990	Shoichiro Toyoda	President, Toyota Motor Corporation
1990-1994	Yutaka Kume	President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
1994-1995	Tatsuro Toyoda	President, Toyota Motor Corporation
1995-1996	Masami Iwasaki	Vice Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
1996-2000	Yoshifumi Tsuji	President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
2000-2002	Hiroshi Okuda	Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
2002-2004	Yoshihide Munekuni	Chairman, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
2004-2006	Itaru Koeda	Co-Chairman, Board of Directors, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
2006-2008	Fujio Cho	Vice Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
2008-2010	Satoshi Aoki	Chairman, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
2010-2012	Toshiyuki Shiga	Chief Operating Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
2012-2014	Akio Toyoda	President, Toyota Motor Corporation
2014-2016	Fumihiko Ike	Chairman, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
2016-2018	Hiroto Saikawa	Chief Competitive Officer and Vice Chairman, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
2018-2023	Akio Toyoda	President, Toyota Motor Corporation
2024-	Masanori Katayama	Chairman, Isuzu Motors Limited

Significant Events

1967	The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. is established on April 3 through a merger of the Automotive Industrial Association and the Japan Small Vehicle Manufacturers Association.
1969	JAMA's Paris office opens.
1970	JAMA's New York office opens. JAMA exhibits at the Osaka Expo.
1974	Four organizations including JAMA launch discussions on the recycling of end-of-life vehicles.
1976	JAMA's North American office opens in Washington, D.C.
1979	JAMA's exhibit space opens in the Science Museum (Tokyo).
1983	A JAMA liaison office opens in Canada.
1985	JAMA exhibits at the Tsukuba Science Expo.
1990	JAMA's European office opens in Brussels.
1991	Four organizations including JAMA establish the Association for Cooperation in Abandoned Car Disposal.
1993	CAD data exchange standards are established. A groundbreaking "Japan-China Automobile Industry Development and Exchange Meeting" is held (with a special JAMA mission dispatch).
1994	Release of JAMA's International Cooperation Action Plan.
1995	Formal signing of a U.S.-Japan automotive agreement.
1996	JAMA opens a representative office in Singapore.
1997	JAMA celebrates its 30th anniversary. JAMA establishes within its own organizational structure a CFC Recovery and Disposal Registration Center.
1998	JAMA launches its official website
2002	GM Japan officially joins JAMA. The Japan Motor Industrial Federation (JMIF) and the Japan Automobile Industry Employers' Association (JAIEA) are merged with JAMA.
2003	Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. joins JAMA. GM Japan becomes a "Former Member and Friend of JAMA." JAMA’s Beijing office opens.
2004	JAMA’s head office moves to the newly opened Jidosha Kaikan. JAMA launches a new publication focusing on its members' and its own activities related to safety and environmental protection in road transport.
2005	Japan’s End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling Law enters into force and the national ELV recycling system is launched. JAMA operates its “Wonder Wheel Pavilion” at the Aichi World Expo 2005.
2008	JAMA members and Japan Auto-Body Industries Association (JABIA) members agree to reduce plant-emitted CO2 on a joint basis. "Tokyo Motor Week" is held, focusing on passenger cars. JAMA rennovates its exhibit space in the Science Museum (Tokyo).
2011	Japan’s auto industry shifts its summer work schedule to include weekends, to reduce peak electricity demand in view of potential electricity shortages (post-March 11).
2012	The “Odaiba Festival-Tokyo Motor Week 2012” is held.
2013	Four new events?the “Bike Love Forum,” the “Senior [Automaker] Executives Discuss the Charisma of Cars” program for university students, the Odaiba Motor Festival and “Mobilityscape Tokyo”?are held to increase the numbers of car and motorcycle fans.
2014	"Bike Day 2014," an event to promote motorcycle safety, is held in Hamamatsu
2015	"Bike Day 2015" is held in Akihabara, and becomes annual event in Tokyo JAMA releases a document derailing its roadmap for the promotion of automated driving.
2017	JAMA releases Mid- and Long-Term Mobility Vision.
2020	JAMA carries out a comprehensive restructuring of its administrative organization and committee framework.
2021	Ad campaign encouraging 5.5 million people across Japan’s automobile industry conducted to cope with COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA launches is official social media channels
2022	Vice chairmen increased to six officers "Committee on Mobility" established by Keidanren, participated by JAMA senior executives JAMA renovates its official website
2023	JAMA holds "Diversity in Carbon Neutrality" exhibition to highlight initiatives by the Japanese automobile industry to achieve carbon neutrality, as a side event on the occasion of the G7 Hiroshima Summit JAMA releases "Mobility Vision 2050" "Japan Mobility Show" is held, renewing former Tokyo Motor Show