The 46th Tokyo Motor Show 2019 Explores the �Open Future�, Highlighting the Limitless Possibilities in Mobility

SINGAPORE -�Media OutReach - 30 July 2019 - The Japan
Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) will hold the 46th Tokyo
Motor Show 2019 over a period of 12 days from October 24 through November
4.  With “OPEN FUTURE” as its theme and
with the participation of 186 companies and organizations from seven countries
around the world, the show will offer thrilling vehicle displays and
entertaining events, and also enable visitors to see what mobility will look
like and how it will be integrated into the urban living experience of the not-so-distant
future. 

 

The “OPEN FUTURE” concept vividly reflects
the open-ended scope of possibilities that the exciting new mobility of the
future will embody, in addition to the basic enjoyment that motor vehicles and
motorcycles provide to their users.  This
year’s show will demonstrate that the potential of the future is always
expanding at the Tokyo Motor Show.

 

• OPEN to the future

Special
excitement will be generated at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show through programs
and events that have been conceived and organized on the basis of close
collaborative efforts with other industries (see Attachment 2 herewith).  In addition, JAMA and the All Japan Business
Committee will co-host the “Future Expo” event along with Japan’s Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry and the New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization (NEDO).

 

• An expanded,
  wide-OPEN venue

In addition to Odaiba’s Ariake area,
where the Tokyo Motor Show has until now been held at Tokyo Big Sight, the
venue for this year’s show has been expanded to include, for the first
time, the Aomi area. The show’s venue will also include the new “Open Road”
connecting the Ariake and Aomi areas, to create one vast “mobility theme park”
for visitors to the show.

 

• OPEN access to designated venue zones

Various zones within the Tokyo Motor Show
venue will be accessible free of charge, to encourage people who might not
otherwise visit the Tokyo Motor Show to come and enjoy show-related exhibits
and activities.  See details below.

46th Tokyo Motor Show 2019 Dates & Venue

Dates:  October
24 [Thu] through November 4 [Mon/National holiday], 2019 (12 days)

Venue: Aomi
Area–Open Road–Ariake Area

(including
Tokyo Big Sight, Aomi/West/South Exhibition Halls, MEGAWEB, Symbol Promenade
Park, Drive Park)

 

1. DRIVE PARK (no-charge-access zone, ticket required for test
drives/rides)

The
designated area for hands-on fun with different kinds of vehicles! Events and
activities held here will appeal to a broad public, not just to established car
and bike enthusiasts, and will include:

-Test drives of latest-model cars and
bikes, stage events, and demonstration runs

-Racing and custom-built car displays,
with the collaboration of Tokyo Auto Salon and MotorSports Japan

-The official Japan premiere of the FAI
Drone Race (tentative), with world-class players competing at high speed in
nighttime skies.

2. OPEN ROAD (no-charge-access zone, ticket required for mobility
rides)

The 1.5
km-long “Open Road”, a showcase feature of this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, will
link the Ariake and Aomi areas in the show’s venue.  Personal/micro-mobility models will help you
on your journey along the Open Road, where exhibits and displays will feature
wide-ranging examples of land/sea/air mobility.

3. FUTURE EXPO (no-charge-access zone)

At the “Future Expo” event in the MEGAWEB venue, visitors will
have a “typical day in the near future” experience. Participating in the
exhibit will be 61 companies and organizations, including members of the All
Japan Business Committee such as NTT, Panasonic, NEC, and Fujitsu. Visitors
will view and interact with the more than 100 items and cutting-edge
technologies and services on display.

In the Aomi Exhibition Hall, an “imaginary city at work” will be set up, in collaboration with
KidZania, where children will don the uniforms and “perform” the work of
specific professions in the services sector.

 

In
addition, also at MEGAWEB, various exciting, high-profile e-Motorsports
competitions featuring the use of “Gran Turismo Sport” PlayStation® software
will be held including:

-The global FIA Gran Turismo Championship
2019 World Tour 5 competition in which top players from all over the world will
gather to race at the highest level

-The Under-18 All Japan Championships
pitting against one another all 47 of the winners of the preliminary
competitions held regionally throughout Japan

-The
“TMS2019 Exhibiting Manufacturers’ Competition”

-The “One-Make” races (e.g., the “GR Supra
GT-CUP” final) in which all the competitors drive the same specific vehicle
model.

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The 186 companies and organizations participating in this year’s
Tokyo Motor Show will present their latest products and deliver the future to
the show’s visitors.  All are welcome and
we look forward to seeing you there. 
Please consult the Tokyo Motor Show website at https://www.tokyo-motorshow.com/en/ for updates and further information on the show and its programs,
events, and activities.

Advance-purchase tickets and the new two-time-entry and
unlimited-entry tickets are on sale online from August 1.

Admission to the Tokyo Motor Show is free of charge for children
and students through senior high school.

Beginning in
September, all other types of Tokyo Motor Show admission tickets will be on
sale online and at brick-and-mortar venues including convenience stores, travel
agencies, and train stations.  For more
information, see Attachment 3.

Attachment
1: Outline of the 46th Tokyo Motor Show 2019

Attachment
2: List of exhibitors and participants in this year’s show (as at
July 30)

Attachment
3: Ticket purchasing information for this year’s show