TOKYO AUTO SHOW

In announcing the update, JAMA Chairman Akio Toyoda says it is important to bring together different sectors at a time when collaboration is needed to achieve carbon neutrality.

After canceling this year because of lingering COVID-19 concerns, it will reconvene in 2023 under the banner "Green and Digital."

The auto show, which survived a recession, an earthquake-tsunami and the rivalry of bigger, bolder auto events in China, has finally folded under the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The biennial event, scheduled to take place in the fall of 2021, may have to be reimagined or possibly brought online, said Akio Toyoda, who serves as chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.