Carmakers owe success to warplanes
Japan's automobile industry owes its success to the engineers who helped develop military aircraft during World War 2.
Unemployed after the war, the country's top engineering talents migrated to the fledging auto industry, bringing with them a slew of vital technologies.
One such engineer was Tatsuo Hasegawa, chief designer of the Ki-94, who became the chief engineer of the first Toyota Corolla.
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