日本自動車殿堂の活動に寄せて

日本の自動車産業・自動車文化の創成発達に尽力された先達の優れた業績を讃え、永く後世に伝承する日本自動車殿堂の活動に対し、業界の一員として感謝申し上げます。

自動車の電動化やコネクテッドの浸透、自動運転の台頭、更には若者の自動車離れとも相まって所有から共有への流れなど、自動車産業は激変の時代を迎えています。次代を担う若者達の夢と希望、そして大いなる目標と創造性を育むために、今後も日本自動車殿堂の活動が広く浸透し、益々発展されますよう祈念致します。

Compliment on the Activity of Japan Automotive Hall of Fame

As a member of the automobile trade, I fully appreciate the activity of Japan Automobile Hall of Fame that is recognizing outstanding accomplishments of the pioneers who labored for the creation and development of the automotive culture and bequeathing their achievements to posterity.

Now our automotive society is moving to the era of revolution in which electric motive power, connected vehicle technology and autonomous drive control technology are penetrating and a trend that young people turn away from driving and a trend of transition from owning to sharing cars are observed in addi- tion. In order to cultivate dreams, desire, high-minded objective and creativity of young people of the next generation, I hope the activity of Japan Automobile Hall of Fame will disseminate more widely and develop more actively hereafter.

Kazutaka Yoshida
Representative Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer
YANASE & CO., LTD.