Micheldever Tyre & Auto Services Limited, trading as Protyre are primarily focused on the fast fitting of motor vehicles, specialising in tyres, brakes, exhausts and batteries.
 They also cater for MOT testing & servicing and air conditioning.
 To date, they have accumulated 61 branches across the UK, the latest acquisitions are located in North West (2010) and Swansea (Wales), UK (2011).
 The Protyre brand spawned from Micheldever Tyre and Auto Services Limited and in 2006 was acquired by venture capitalists, Graphite Capital and Royal Bank of Scotland.
 It was sold to Sumitomo Rubber Industries in January 2017.
Dunlop is a brand of tyres owned by various companies around the world.
 Founded by pneumatic tyre pioneer John Boyd Dunlop in Birmingham, England in 1889, it is owned and operated by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
 In India the brand is owned by Dunlop India Ltd. whose parent company is the Ruia Group.
 In Asia (Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand and Russia), Africa and Latin America (except Mexico) by Sumitomo Rubber Industries.
Falken Tire is a brand of passenger car, light truck, and medium truck tires owned by the Japanese company Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI).
 It was launched in its native country of Japan in 1983, and was introduced to the North American market two years later and in Europe in 1988.
 Falken has now become a stand-alone brand that focuses on UHP (Ultra High Performance) products while utilizing professional motorsports to further develop and improve products for worldwide distribution.
Ladysmith is a town in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
 It lies 230 km north-west of Durban and 365 km south of Johannesburg.
 Important industries in the area include food processing, textiles, and tyre production.
 Motor vehicle tyres are produced by "Sumitomo Rubber South Africa" in the nearby town of Steadville.
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (住友ゴム工業株式会社 , Sumitomo Gomu Kōgyo Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a global tire and rubber company based in Japan.
 It is part of the Sumitomo Group.
 The company makes a wide range of rubber based products, including automobile tires, golf balls and tennis balls.
 Sumitomo brands include Dunlop Tyres, Falken Tire and Ohtsu Tire.
Cleveland Golf is a brand owned by SRI Sports Limited, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., specializing in golf equipment.
 Based in Huntington Beach, California, Cleveland Golf began as a company known for producing replicas of classic golf clubs.
 Today , Cleveland Golf is a leader in wedges highly regarded for creating innovative equipment with advanced technology.
Richard Pieris & Company PLC (ARPICO) established in 1940 it is one of Sri Lanka's largest conglomerates with interests in manufacturing, engineering, retail and plantation industries.
 It is a pioneer in the tyre, plantation and rubber industries of Sri Lanka.
 With a staff strength of more than 25,000 the company's major brands includes Arpitec,Arpidag and Arpico.
China Plastic & Rubber Journal (CPRJ) is a leading bimonthly Chinese journal distributed to qualified professionals and decision markers in the industry.
 It has been published since 1982 with a controlled circulation of 29,760 copies per issue.
 Appointed as the "Official Publication of Chinaplas", Asia’s No. 1 exhibition for the plastics and rubber industries
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (住友金属工業株式会社 , Sumitomo Kinzoku Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha ) was a steel manufacturer based in Osaka, Japan until it merged with Nippon Steel in 2012 to form Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, the third largest steel manufacturer in the world as of 2015.
Srixon is a brand owned by SRI Sports Limited, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., specializing in golf and tennis.
 Srixon is most well known globally for its golf balls, holding the largest number of golf ball patents worldwide, and having previously supplied other leading manufacturers such as Dunlop Slazenger with great success.
 They also produce a full range of golf clubs and accessories.

Question: Sumitomo Rubber Industries includes the brand that was launched in Japan in what year?
Answer: 1983