Yes, they have, for example Toyota Motor Manufacturing Australia (TMCA).

From my reading, I can conclude that Australia is favourable for Japanese industries because of their long history of business success together, which starts long before 1920s. Half of the Japanese multinational company were already there before 1980 to supply the huge domestic market of Australia, no wonder they were so close up till now.

Hope this answer your question.
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http://ideas.repec.org/p/tky/jseres/97j06.html
http://books.google.com.my/books?id=otgWLARRc5cC&pg=PP1&dq=Encyclop...

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