TOKYO: Japan’s automotive giant Toyota Motor Corp and its fully-owned subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd are headlining Japan Mobility Show 2025.
While the event, formerly Tokyo Motor Show, will officially be open to the masses on Thursday, today is the preview for the media.
The biennial show at Tokyo Big Sight is focusing on next-generation mobility, electrification and user-centric innovation.
The event has evolved into a cross-industry showcase for mobility in all forms, from electric vehicles and autonomous technologies to air mobility and digital transport ecosystems.
More than 500 exhibitors, including global carmakers, startups and robotics firms are participating.
Toyota, the world’s largest carmaker, is anchoring its exhibit around the concept of “Mobility for All”.
It will highlight electric and intelligent-connected vehicles with the theme of “Let’s Change the Future of Cars – Find Your Future”.
New models like the Land Cruiser FJ and the GR Yaris M concept, as well as the WellVoyage Seat, which offers hands-on accessibility experiences.
The event will also serve as a platform to promote the “Woven City,” a test course for mobility that aims to advance the company’s transformation into a mobility company.
Daihatsu, Toyota’s compact-car subsidiary, is returning with an expanded showcase under the theme “DAIHATSUMEI for me – Small but Capable.”
Since its founding in 1907, Daihatsu has been inventing cars that pack excitement, approachability and convenience into small bodies and offering them at affordable prices while always staying close to people’s lives.
At this year’s show, Daihatsu will showcase its unique inventions that make people think, “This seems perfect for me” and “This seems like it would make life more fun.”
The inventions will be expressed through booth displays and performances, starting from the Midget, the origin of “DAIHATSUMEI”, and expanding into the future.
Highlights of the Daihatsu booth include:
* Midget X, which carries the spirit of invention from the first-generation Midget, a car built from the perspective of everyday life that transformed people’s lives, into the future.
* K-Open (Copen), with its small size that lets you feel the light comfort of open-air driving up close while enjoying the unique driving performance of a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive car.
* K-Vision, which delivers the appeal of electrified vehicles – quiet yet powerful motor-driven performance, outstanding environmental performance and external power supply, while retaining the same usage capabilities as conventional vehicles (no charging required).
* Kayoibako-K which provides new ways of working and supports life in local communities in the last-mile domain, unique to mini vehicles.
Daihatsu’s focus remains on “staying close to customers and enriching daily life,” particularly amid Japan’s ageing demographics and growing demand for compact, eco-friendly transport.
Overall, Japan Mobility Show 2025 underscores how Japanese automakers are repositioning themselves in the face of global competition and regulatory pressures.
As EV adoption accelerates worldwide, Toyota and Daihatsu are betting on a blend of electrification, intelligence and human-centred design to keep Japan at the forefront of future mobility.
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