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Kuchikomi › Cars are no longer as appealing to young people in Japan

The number of cars owned by Japanese people in 2007 was around 79 million, which was less than the number for 2006. For the car… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Tue, Dec 30 2008

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