Used Cars From Japan

Vehicles from the area around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which suffered a series of meltdowns after the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, were supposed to be destroyed. But unscrupulous dealers have registered them under new license plates and sold them, The Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported. Unable to export the cars, they're selling them in Japan.

Dealers have traditionally bought used vehicles in Japan and exported them to Russia and Southeast Asia, according to the Telegraph. In June, Russian police turned back a half-dozen used cars from Japan after finding they were contaminated with radioactove isotopes, according to the Interfax news agency. Authorities in South America, Australia and the U.S. have also stepped up inspection of new and used cars coming in from Japan.

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Nearly 700 cars have been barred from export for exceeding the legal radiation limit of 0.3 microsieverts per hour. One van that was re-registered and sold within Japan was found to emit 110 microsieverts of radiation an hour.

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Where to buy a used car in japan2015/2/5 16:21 Im moving to Japan in March and would like to purchase a used car

All the websites ive found are from exporters shipping cars internationally

Is there any Japan used car websites made for the japanese purchasers?by skating101

Re: Where to buy a used car in japan2015/2/5 16:36 Yes, several. They're Japanese but easy enough to navigate with an online translator. Goonet is a popular one:

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Also look around at your local used car dealer. Note that the listed price may not include shaken and other fees which can dramatically increase the cost of a cheap car, so be sure to check about those things.by yllwsmrfrate this post as useful

I plan to buy a used vehicle from Japan. As I am going to drive the car daily and am currently three months pregnant, I intend to buy a Geiger Mller-type detector to monitor the car (interior/and air conditioning system) for contamination by radioactivity. Some detectors mentioned can detect alpha, beta, gamma, and x radiation. Some more affordable detectors can only detect beta and gamma radiation. Please advise which one is more suitable for my objective.

If you were buying a new car from Japan I would not recommend that you invest in a radiation detector since imported new cars from Japan are monitored for radioactivity and, to my knowledge, no significant radiation has been detected. Used cars may be somewhat of a different story, and contamination with radioactivity from the Fukushima accident is more likely. According to the Japan Used Motor Vehicle Exporters' Association, all used vehicles being exported overseas are monitored for radioactivity/radiation and must meet a recommended limit of 0.3 Sv per hour. Among countries that import used vehicles from Japan, Russia is the most dominant, having imported more than 132,000 used cars in 2012. All such vehicles imported into Russia have been monitored (by Russians) and out of the 132,000 (according to Japanese Ministry of Finance), about 300 were found to be contaminated to a level in excess of the Russian acceptance level of 0.2 Sv per hour. This is a small fraction (0.0023 or 0.23 percent) of the number imported, but provides some evidence that some used cars are contaminated to some extent.

The alpha-sensitive detector has not only the added sensitivity to alpha radiation but also a significantly increased sensitivity to relatively low-energy beta radiation because of the thinner entrance window that is used on the detector. This increases the likelihood of being able to detect smaller quantities of radioactivity possibly associated with releases from the Fukushima event (e.g., the beta radiation from 137Cs and 134Cs). While it is extremely unlikely that there would be any detectable alpha-emitting radionuclides that originated from the Fukushima incident, it is possible that in your measurement you might detect some alpha radiation, depending on the operating history of the vehicle and the specific measurements you make. The alpha radiation would likely be associated with some of the naturally occurring radioactive progeny of airborne gaseous 222Rn. While vehicle surfaces may accumulate some of these progeny, their presence is greatly enhanced in systems that concentrate them from large volumes of air. The classic example of this is the buildup of these radon progeny on the air filter used in the automobile. If the automobile has been operating within several hours of the measurements made, the natural radioactivity may be especially noticeable. Most of such radioactivity decays with a short half-life (less than one hour), but there are some components, which would likely be present at much reduced levels that have longer half-lives and would build up on the filter over long periods of operation.

I will not go into much detail here about how you should interpret readings and at what levels you might want to take actions to reduce/eliminate exposure, but I will note a couple of points. The first is that the level that the Russians have used of 0.2 Sv per hour is well below any level that should cause any concern on your part for the health of you or your child-to-be. Even if you drove four hours per day every day of the remaining six months of your pregnancy in a vehicle that delivered such a dose rate to you/your fetus, the total dose accrued would be about 150 Sv, about 5% of the typical annual dose from radiation background received by an individual in the United States and not sufficient to produce any adverse impact. The general consensus among experts (The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) is that doses below 50,000 Sv are not likely to be injurious to the developing fetus for most situations; this level is greatly in excess of any level I could realistically project for your situation.

Despite the high cost of transport, the sale of used cars and other vehicles to other countries is still profitable due to the relatively low cost and good condition of the vehicles being purchased. Contributing factors to the feasibility of such export include Japan's strict motor-vehicle inspections and high depreciation which make such vehicles worth very little in Japan after six years. Japan has strict environmental protection regulations that make vehicle disposal very expensive, as well as stringent vehicle emission test standards[1] that increase the costs of owning a used vehicle.

Nearly 1.4 million used vehicles were exported from Japan in 2006.[citation needed] The most popular destinations for used cars from Japan are Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Congo, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Georgia, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Additionally, Chile, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates are used as popular transit hubs.[citation needed]

In Japan, used cars are mainly sold at auto auctions by car owners and dealers. At auto auctions, owners are hidden from bidders while the auctioneers provide independent car evaluations called inspection sheets.[2] Exporters, acting as bidding agents for importers, use the auto auctions as their main supply.[citation needed] There are over 200 auto auction groups operating throughout Japan including JAA, JU Group, TAA, USS, and ZIP.[3]

The Cayman Islands government announced on May 1, 2023 that the cabinet approved, on April 25, 2023, changes in Customs and Border Control (Prohibited Goods) (Amendment) Order, 2023 that restrict the importation of used vehicles from 2016 to 2023.[16] Exceptions are made for classic/antique vehicles and vehicles meant for agricultural work, construction, maintenance or engineering vehicles older than 8 years.[16]

Many used cars from Japan are registered in Hong Kong, including both Japanese makes and even European makes, since both Hong Kong and Japan are right hand drive. In order to register the car in Hong Kong, the car must be less than seven years old, gasoline powered, meet Euro VIc emission and noise standards, with E-mark for all glass and safety belts, and an unleaded-fuel restrictor installed (if not already present). ff782bc1db