Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
No. 1-1,2-chome, Minami-Aoyama,
Minato-ku, Tokyo107-8556
Japan
August 10, 2017
Ms. Cecilia Blye
Office of Global Security Risk
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-7010
U. S. A.
| Re: | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 Filed June 22, 2017 FileNo. 001-07628 |
Dear Ms. Blye:
We have received the staff’s comment letter of August 7, 2017, relating to our annual report onForm 20-F for our fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.
We are currently in process of collecting information which is relevant for preparation of our responses to your comments. Taking into account the estimated time required to complete information collection and analysis, we expect to be able to submit a response letter to the staff’s comments by September 4, 2017, and respectfully request that you permit us to submit our responses by this date.
Your kind understanding would be highly appreciated.
| Very truly yours, |
/s/ Eiji Fujimura |
Eiji Fujimura General Manager of Finance Division |
| Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| cc: | Ms. Jennifer Hardy | |
| (Special Counsel | ||
| Securities and Exchange Commission) | ||
| Mr. Izumi Akai | ||
| Mr. Keiji Hatano | ||
| Mr. Nicholas Cavallo | ||
| (Sullivan & Cromwell LLP) | ||
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