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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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• Tokyo Auto Salon: 800bhp GT-Rs, huge crowds and a bit of madness...
  The Tokyo Auto Salon, Japan’s top custom and tuner show throws open its doors today, and if 800 bhp GT...
• Infiniti isn't Lexus
  I’ve been reading some of the web threads and letters on Infiniti of late and think it might be time...
• Audi R8 V10 v Porsche Panamera on the Hakone Turnpike
  A bright, crisp winter morning, one of Japan’s best driving roads ahead and a Porsche Panamera turbo...
• The extraordinary Suzuki Kizashi
  I'm still trying to get my head around the Suzuki Kizashi. To my mind, this has to be one of the...
• Abandoned cars in Japan
  You see some strange sights in Japan. Like this field full of abandoned Datsun 240Zs and 260Zs for instance...
• re: Car manufacturers can't cut it in F1
  Max Mosely's adage that you can't rely on car makers long term in F1 and that they come and go as they...
• The real reason the Tokyo show was so quiet
  As the dust settles on the Tokyo Show press days, so the verdict is already in. Aside from all the hybrids...
• Is this the best looking Subaru Legacy?
  Subaru is running this wild and hugely modified new shape Legacy in Japan’s 2009 Super GT series. This...
• Secrets of the Toyobaru
  You’ll remember the Toyobaru, the compact rear-drive sports coupe that Toyota and Subaru are developing...
• Mercedes S-Class Hybrid turns heads in Tokyo
  It was Tokyo's turn to meet and greet Mercedes' new S-Class Hybrid today and suffice to say Stuttgart's...