Asia, Oceania
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1960's
 
  '64 Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ( Thailand ), established.
'65
Honda Mfg. Co., Ltd. ( Bangkok ) established.
'67
Motorcycle production in Thailand begins.
'69 Honda Australia Pty. Ltd. (Melbourne), an automobile sales company, established.
Automobile and motorcycle production in Malaysia begins.
Automobile production in Taiwan begins.

1970's
 
  '71 Motorcycle production in Indonesia begins.
'73
Joint venture established in the Philippines for production and sale of motorcycles.
Motorcycle production in the Philippines begins.
'75 Automobile production in Indonesia begins.

1980's
 
'84
Joint venture established in India for production and sale of motorcycles.
Automobile production in Thailand begins.
'85
Motorcycle production in India begins.
Motorcycle engine production in Malaysia begins.
'87 Export of Thai-made power product engines begins.
'88 Production of lawn mowers in Australia begins.
Automobile production at Honda New Zealand Ltd. begins.
Power product production in India begins.

1990's
 
'92
Motorcycle production in Thailand reaches 2 million units.
Automobile production in the Philippines begins.
'94
Automobile production in Pakistan begins.
'96
City, developed for Asian countries, launched. city_photo ZOOM

Automobile production at a new plant in Thailand begins.
Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. begins operations as ASEAN headquarters.
'97 Power product manufacturing in Indonesia begins.
Motorcycle production in Vietnam begins.
Honda R&D Southeast Asia Co., Ltd. established.
'98 Automobile production in India begins.
Exports to Australia and New Zealand of Thai-made Accord begin.
'99 Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Private) Ltd. established.

2000's
 
'01
Honda Malaysia SDN BHD begins automobile operations.
Production of motorcycles, automobiles, and power products in Thailand reaches 10 million units.
'02
New automobile plant in Taiwan begins operation.
'03
New automobile plant in Indonesia begins operation.
New automobile plant in Malaysia begins operation.
Production of motorcycles in Indonesia reaches 10 million units.
Honda R&D ( India ) Pvt. Ltd. established.
'04
Sales of automobiles begun in Korea through Honda dealer network.
In Thailand, cumulative output of motorcycles reaches 10 million units.
'05
Motorcycle production in the Philippines reaches 10 million units.
Plan to move Honda Philippines plant announced.
Third motorcycle plant in Indonesia begins operation.
'06
Mass production of motorcycles starts at new factory in the Philippines.
New motorcycle factory kicks off production in Pakistan.
Automobile production commences in Vietnam.
'07
Motorcycle production reaches 20 million units in Indonesia and in India.
Production of power products reaches 10 million units in Thailand.
Automobile produciton reaches 1 Million units in Thailand.
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