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Deliberating on a way for automotive development appropriate to Japan’s condition in the dawn of the motorization, Mr. Masujiro Hashimoto duly started production of small passenger cars named ‘DAT’, pointing the way on how Japan’s automobile industry should be in the future.
Learn about the life and legacy of Masujiro Hashimoto, the Japanese engineer who founded Kwaishinsha Motor Car Works, the precursor to Nissan Motors. Discover how he learned about automotive engineering in America, created the DAT car, and faced challenges and transformations in the industry.
Masujiro Hashimoto led by establishing Kwaishinsha. The factory embarked on domestic automobile production, which became the forerunner of the domestic automobile industry.
Masujiro Hashimoto was a Japanese engineer who founded Nissan Motor Co. in 1911. He studied in America, worked for various industries, and left the company in 1931.
Although Masujiro Hashimoto joined the company as senior managing officeer, he left the automotive industry when it was absorbed by Tobata Casting Co., Ltd. 1 in June 1931. The compact passenger car developed by DAT Jidosha Seizo, named the Datsun, was continued by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Nissan's origins date back to 1911, when Masujiro Hashimoto set up The Kwaishinsha Motor Car Works in Japan. After assuming different forms, the company was rechristened Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., when Nihon Sangyo Co. Ltd. acquired a 100% stake in June 1934.
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Masujiro Hashimoto(橋本増治郎) founded the Kwaishinsha (Kaishinsha) Motor Car Works (快進社自働車工場, Kwaishinsha jidōsha kōjō, A Good Company Automobile Manufacturer) on 1 July 1911 in Azabu-Hiroo district of Tokyo. In 1914, the company produced its first car, called the DAT.
