... and Indonesia too. From the BBC: "In a statement, Ford spokesman Neal McCarthy said: "Japan is the most closed, developed auto economy in the world, with all imported brands accounting for less than 6% of Japan's annual new car market."

The 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement in its current form would not improve Ford's ability to compete there, he added.

'Another defeat'
Analyst Simon Littlewood says Ford "never made sense" in Japan
"It's another step in the global defeat of the US car industry,"

"It never really made sense for them to be in either Japan or Indonesia, selling only around 5 to 6,000 vehicles in each of those markets - that's a tiny proportion of what you need to sell to have any kind of scale."

"With Indonesia you could argue that it is a substantial market with 300 million people but the problem is that the Indonesian government has a policy of insisting on local assembly," said Mr Littlewood."

http://www.bbc.com/news/35406463

Split verdict from my POV. An advanced country like Japan some serious arm twisting but I agree with a developing country like Indonesia. Want to sell them here? Then build them here.