The FJ Cruiser is built by Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors in Hamura, Japan since 2006 and shares many structural underpinnings with the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado.[4]: 96  The FJ Cruiser entered the Japanese market on 4 December 2010, announced on 25 November in that year.
On 5 November 2013, Toyota USA announced the 2014 model year Trail Teams edition would be called the "Ultimate Edition" and that the 2014 model year would be the last for the FJ Cruiser in that market.[5] It continued to be made for sale in other markets such as Australia[6][7] until its export to that market was discontinued in August 2016. As of January 2020, it is still sold in markets such as Chile, the Middle East, the Philippines and South Africa.[8][9]
The "Final Edition" of the FJ Cruiser went on sale in Japan on 12 September 2017.[10] Sales of the FJ Cruiser were discontinued there on 31 January 2018.