Customers who wish to buy or are in line to buy a car from Japanese automobile manufacturers in the next few months may have to wait longer than expected. Akio Toyoda, head of Japan's Automobile Manufacturers Association and Toyota Motor Corp., recently reported a decrease in car production in October 2021 due to shortages of car parts and components caused by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the car industry. Because of the growing number of COVID-19 cases worldwide,