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.

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-	Akio Toyoda	President, Toyota Motor Corporation

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 Web sites.

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.

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.

2015

• “BIKE Day 2015” is held in Akihabara, 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.