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Overshadowed for decades by its more famous Skyline platform-mate, the Nissan Laurel is finally getting genuine enthusia...

Among the great underappreciated stories of 1990s JDM performance cars is the Mitsubishi GTO, a genuine technology showc...

Few JDM nicknames capture a car's character quite as directly as "baby Ferrari," the affectionate label enthusiasts gave...

Few naturally aspirated production engines have ever matched what Honda achieved with the S2000's original F20C — a 2.0-...

Long before the Lexus LS or LC existed, Toyota already had a dedicated halo car proving out the technology that would ev...

Buyers importing a used car from Japan sometimes notice small oval stickers still affixed to the windshield or dashboard...

Two categories of Japanese commercial and municipal vehicles have developed genuine followings among overseas enthusiast...

Everything covered elsewhere in this guide series about importing a car from Japan — auctions, shipping, customs, age-ba...

Look at Japan's best-selling car charts in any recent year, and you'll consistently find a tall, boxy kei van sitting at...

For a country that pioneered one of the world's earliest and most widely adopted DC fast-charging standards, Japan's EV ...

Japan's rapidly aging population has produced one of the world's more developed regulatory frameworks specifically addre...

Japan holds a genuinely notable place in the global history of autonomous driving technology — home to the world's first...

Spend any real amount of time in a Japanese city and you'll eventually spot one: a bright red Honda motorcycle, laden wi...

Among the more unexpected corners of the overseas kei car boom is a genuinely growing trend: converting tiny Japanese ke...

Spend any time on Tokyo's streets and you'll notice something overseas visitors often find genuinely striking: taxis tha...

Every JDM export transaction is governed by a contract, even when it's a relatively informal agreement communicated most...

Buried among the paperwork accompanying any car shipped from Japan is a single document that matters more than almost an...

One of the most common questions from prospective JDM buyers is some version of "how much will I actually owe in duties ...

Among the more unusual items in a Japanese used car export checklist is radiation screening — a requirement that traces ...

Every vehicle that crosses the auction block at a Japanese auto auction carries a reserve price the seller won't accept ...