Already Mitsubishi is working with Toyota Motor to launch a 90-seat regional jetliner in 2017.

FORBES: What Went Wrong at Boeing: My Two Cents

The local arms of Toyota and Mitsubishi, while Japanese-owned, remain keen on retaining or even increasing local content.

BBC: Australian steel strike over

Toyota and Mitsubishi have also been affected.

ECONOMIST: Thailand��s floods

Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi are also keen to join the car wars.

CNN: INDIA'S CAR WARS

The area is also home to major operations of other car companies such as Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Suzuki, and Mitsubishi, it noted.

FORBES: Buffett-Backed Chinese Electric Car Maker to Open Offices in L.A.

When we look at Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Suzuki, Subaru, Mitsubishi and Mazda, how significantly will the Japanese crises affect production and the flow of the supply chain on domestic and other automakers?

FORBES: Japanese Disaster: What Are The Impacts On The Auto Industry?

Those looking to minimize their carbon footprints are able to choose among a growing number of part- and full-time electric vehicles like the new Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid and the Ford Focus Electric and Mitsubishi i.

FORBES: Five Reasons To Buy A New Car In 2012

It also has entered into long-term contracts with other car makers such as Ford, Toyota, Kia, Bentley, BMW, Volkswagen, Nissan, Hyundai, and Mitsubishi.

FORBES: Can Sirius XM Tune In Big Subscriber Growth This Year?

Toyota Motor has a plant in Indiana and shares a plant with Subaru there, too, and Mitsubishi Motor is in Illinois.

FORBES: Magazine Article