Which country is Yokohama Tire from?
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Yokohama Tire is a Japanese brand. Yokohama Tire, formerly known as Yokohama Rubber, officially changed its name in China to Yokohama in 2008, which is also a homophone of its English name YOKOHAMA. More details are as follows: 1. Company Introduction: The Yokohama Rubber Company, Ltd. (Yokohama Gomu Kabushiki Gaisha) (TSE: 5101) is a tire company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and is the 8th largest tire manufacturer in the world. 2. History: It was established in October 1917 as a joint venture between Yokohama Electric Wire Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and the American B.F. Goodrich Company, formerly known as Yokohama Rubber Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and changed to its current name in 1963. It entered the U.S. market in 1969 and the Chinese market in 2005, where its official name is Yokohama Rubber, and it is also known as Diamond Brand in Hong Kong.