The claim
日本は車の安全試験でボンネットにボウリング球を落とす
Original review summary
The Japan Fact-Check Center reports that Japan’s vehicle safety standards do not include dropping a bowling ball onto a car bonnet. It says the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism confirmed that no such test is part of the safety-standard review.[S1]
Additional context
The review says Trump raised the bowling-ball test in a Truth Social post on April 20 and had made a similar claim in 2018. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] 日本ファクトチェックセンター original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026