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Left UK to work in Japan in 1988. Lives in Tokyo, covering the Japanese car industry. Owns two Mazdas; would love a Land Rover Defender, if only it would fit in his parking space.

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• Subaru fights for its future
  So what does it mean to European drivers if Toyota and Subaru are starting to get closer and will soon...
• Pass the XF on the left-hand side
  Here’s a good one for anoraks. Japan is an island that drives on left, just like the UK. So why is it...
• Goodbye Bongo
  Question: what do Bighorn, Cynos. Windom, Freda, Bongo and Cedric all have in common? Answer: they're...
• re: Stop this twin-clutch madness now
  Mitsubishi does offer a plain and simple, fairly agricultural 5-speed manual on the new Evo in Japan...
• Why does Toyota stay in F1?
  So is 2008 going to be the year when Toyota finally gets to justify the hundreds of millions it’s invested...
• re: Nissan GT-R heralds the beginning of the end
  The Japanese power cap (the so-called 'gentlemens' agreement') was abolished about 3 years ago, so on...
• My Japanese MX-5 is behaving like a proper British sports car. Oh dear...
  Critics of the Mazda MX-5, and they are around, don't have much time for this seminal lightweight...
• Land Cruiser finds its niche
  So where were the scowls, the V-signs and the instantanous outbursts of road rage? There I was, driving...
• Fuji GP: wet, but well worth it
  When they told us the Japanese Grand Prix was going to move to Fuji Speedway, some wise souls in Japanese...