On December 26, 1933 Jidosha-Seizo Kabushiki-Kaisha, which stands for "Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd." in English, was founded in Japan. On this day, June 1, in 1934, that company changed its name to Nissan Motor Company. The company was originally founded to take over the production of all Datsun automobiles, which were at that time being produced by Tobata Casting Co. Ltd. In 1935 the first small Datsun’s rolled off the assembly line following grand plans by Nissan founder Yoshisuke Aikawa to mass produce 15,000 vehicles per year, a grand sum in Japan at the time. That year Datsuns also began to be exported to Australia. In 1936 Nissan purchased vehicle plans and plant facilities in order to produce Graham-Paige cars from the US in Japan. However, as it became apparent that war was c...