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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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• The Cube goes global
  It’s not every day that a car gets launched in Tokyo, London and Los Angeles, but that’s...
• Godzilla triumphs in Japan
  The new GT-R has been the car to beat this season in Super GT, Japan’s premier tin top race series...
• Lexus bogs down in Japan
  Lexus has just opened the doors on a gorgeous new showroom in Aoyama, one of Tokyo’s coolest, most fashionable...
• Nissan GT-R vs Porsche
  Clearly, the Germans were not best pleased when Nissan turned up at the Nurburgring in a GT-R this April...
• Mazda’s weight issues
  Remember the stir Mazda caused when the Mazda 2 came on the scene? Here was a good-to-drive supermini...
• When Japanese design turns bad
  A decade ago, Japan was in the grip of this strange and rather alarming retro boom. Chrome grilles and...
• Big in Japan
  There are many myths about the Japanese car market. One is that it’s a formidably tough market to crack...
• England vs. Japan
  I was driving in the countryside the other day when – blow me – a rusty old Datsun 100A coupe...
• Subaru's electric avenue
  Over in Japan, Subaru is really a bit of a whizz when it comes to small cars, and small electric cars...
• The return of the 200SX?
  Barely a week goes by here in Japan without some high octane speculation that a new Nissan 200SX is around...