In response to similar moves from the European Union, the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry are joining together with basically every Japanese automaker and major supplier — including Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Denso — to create a unified automotive OS for all automakers from the island nation. They're doing it with the claimed aim of "creating a global standard in the field." But we know once it leaves prototype mode in 2009, the Japanese takeover of the automotive world will be complete — and all your cars brains are belong to the land of the rising sun. Look on the bright side — at least it won't be German. [via The Raw Feed]