Nissan is hiring an additional 400 people over the next two years to make its Murano sports utility vehicle in Mississippi, while Honda is adding 50 new jobs in Ohio where it will build its new hybrid Accord sedan car.
Consider some of the Japanese names not appearing on this Fabulous 50: Sony, Honda, Canon, Sharp, Aeon, NTT, NEC, Toshiba, Fujitso, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Fuji Photo Film, Nomura, Seven-Eleven, Mitsubishi and Mitsui.