On April 18, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) said that it is fully confident in the safety of all motor vehicles manufactured in Japan, in response to increasing concerns regarding the impact of radioactive substances on motor vehicles manufactured in the country. At the same time, JAMA said that, in line with the need for consumers everywhere to be assured of such safety, it has initiated its own procedures to test the radiation levels of vehicles produced in Japan, having enlisted the expertise of an external authority specializing in the field.
In addition to the fact that, in all the areas where JAMA member companies maintain production bases and at all their ports of shipment, the radiation levels recorded are not harmful to human health, and the tests implemented by JAMA - which are conducted directly on various designated areas of the surface of vehicles - are showing results that fall within the range designated by the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan as being unthreatening to human health, based on the daily readings performed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in every prefecture since March 25. JAMA's test results are also significantly lower than the maximum allowable limit recommended by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In view of these findings, JAMA said that it is entirely confident that the motor vehicles now being manufactured by its member automakers in Japan present no cause for concern to consumers, whether overseas or in Japan.