[rhys]

God this is just going to set Japan back. Although the Japanese auto inspection system wasn't only meant to prevent a used market, it was put in place in a time after the war when Japanese cars actually sucked and were dangerous. Now it remains a very convenient artifact for the auto industry.

I see this as a great opportunity for someone outside Japan to purchase all that second hand product and resell from outside Japan.

The Japanese game industry lobbied to keep rental and used games illegal but finally those were reversed a couple of years ago. But now the old time SNES and PS1 and N64 will be illegal I guess.

Oddly the Japanese allow rental music CD's. Isn't that about the stupidest thing ever?