February 21st, 2009
Not so long ago, Japanese art was confined to artistically designed temples and shrines, woodblock prints, sumi ink drawings and rock gardens. But the sense of beauty is changing fast in today’s generation in Japan. Being Cute is the norm of today – You go anywhere and everywhere and you would find girls exclaiming the word ‘Kawaii‘ meaning cute – almost hundred times a day!
Japan Inc., which was once famous for more serious products like the Sony Walkman, Nikon cameras and Toyota cars is busy exporting the cute culture - Pokemon video games, bubble-headed Hello Kitty, Tamagotchi virtual pet, and the singing duo Puffy are just to name a few. Japan’s global image is changing to cute-worshipping nation. Cute is now cool in Japan. You can see mobile phones decorated with cartoon pictures, restaurant waitresses in cute looking frilly maid outfits, bows and ribbons decorating bags.
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February 1st, 2009
Who doesn’t love to own a car? However, buying a new car may not be affordable to everyone. Especially during the current recession and the bad economy, many people are not even thinking of buying luxuries like a new car.
Most of these people don’t even think about used cars because of the prevalent misconception that used cars will not be of good quality and would require lot of expenses on maintaining them. However, let me tell you, the used cars from Japan are far off this notion. Japanese used cars will be as luxurious as the new ones and also will not require any special maintenance other than what a new car would need. And on top of it, you can buy a used Japanese car for almost half the price you would pay for a new car.
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January 1st, 2009
We at Best Trading, Japan wish you a Very Happy and Joyful New Year – 2009.
This week is an important holiday for most businesses in Japan. Most used car dealers in our network as well as Japanese used car auction houses also observe holiday in the first week of the new year.
Japanese people typically welcome the New Year in tradional fashion. We clean our houses and offices before the new year begins, and have traditional new year decorations made from pine, bamboo and plum trees at the entrance of homes and shops. On the new year eve, families will get together and welcome the new year by eating soba noodles which symbolize longevity. A visit to a temple or shrine for offering prayers is a must for every Japanese in the new year holidays. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 28th, 2008
Under Russian traffic rules, drivers must drive on the right side of the road but traffic officials generally tolerate cars with Japanese style Right Hand Drive (RHD) cars designed to run on the left hand side of the road.
Right Hand Drive Car from Japan
Used cars from Japan are as popular as Left Hand Drive (LHD) cars by Russian automobile makers such as Volga. As per the latest estimates, Russia has more than 1.5 million RHD vehicles on its roads. In the far eastern regions of Russia, such as Vladivostok, RHD cars make up to 90% of the total. Many drivers in this region own cars with right-hand drive imported from Japan. This includes not only private cars, but also government vehicles, ambulances and police cars. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 14th, 2008
Micro car iQ from Toyota Motor Corporations’s is named the Japanese Car of the Year 2008-09. This award is organized by Japanese Coty Web site. The winners were selected by a committee of sixty-five jurors who are writers and consultants from automobile industry.
Toyota IQ - Japanese Car of the Year
Toyota iQ won this prestigious award by a great margin over competitors such as Citroen’s C5, Audi’s A4 and Jaguar’s XF. This is a good news for Toyota, as it will help them to advertise the 1-liter iQ to boost sales amid slumping demand for new automobiles in Japan and the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 12th, 2008
Best Trading is an authorized member of 90 auctions located all over Japan which offer over 150,000 vehicles every week. Our clients can access Japanese auction system from our website, where you can take a virtual tour of Japanese used cars offered at varioys auction houses such as the USS Auto Auction and view all the vehicles available for sale there.
Apart from participating in the online auctions, we encourage our clients to visit the high-tech auction halls in Japan. For buyers who wish to buy used Japanese vehicles from auto auctions on a regular basis, we encourage to visit our company office in Tokyo. We can then persoanlly accompany you to various used car auctions in Japan. It can be a valuable experience for your used car import business.
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September 6th, 2008
Toyota’s Hilux pickup truck has been a workhorse around the world for a long time since it was launched in the early 70s. This pickup truck has evolved over the years but still retains the essence of the original design.
The Toyota HiLux is a big, strong versatile Action Utility Vehicle (AUV). It has got the performance you want and the toughness you’ve come to expect. It has virtually Indestructible mechanicals, huge space, tough image, a leading power figure with the 169bhp three-litre. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 23rd, 2008
We had a week long holiday in Japan because of Obon festival. Most businesses including Japanese used car auctions are on holiday this week. So I planned to visit Thailand and India with my friend Mr. Shiotsu.
Crowded local train in Mumbai
It is summer here now in Japan and it is very hot and humid especially here in Tokyo. I was surprised to see that India was much cooler than Japan at this time. Our Indian friend Raj was kind enough to show us around in Mumbai as well as in the satellite city of New Mumbai. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 18th, 2008
When a person plans to buy a car, he looks for certain quality indicators like the brand image, comfort, efficiency, safety, luxury and the shape or looks of the car.
Every year, numerous models of cars are launched by different car manufacturers all over the world. It may happen that the car models available in your country are either too expensive or lack in various features such as fuel efficiency, comfort and safety. In such cases, it makes sense to import a used car from other country.
In imported used cars, Japanese used cars are the most popular. By Japanese used cars we mean that these cars were manufactured in Japan, used by Japanese owners and then made available to the secondhand car market. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 6th, 2008
This year is very difficult for the Japanese supplier in the Philippines to export SUV or Vehicles including those small mini-truck due to most of the buyer in the Philippines specially the Subic base company and Visayas region importer stop buying from Japan, due to strict campaign of Bureau of Customs and Anti-Smuggling Car group in the Philippines. Most of the Japanese supplier in the Philippines who have some ready stock for Philippine market had a very big problem on their existing inventory specially those being ordered already but eventually result to cancellation. Read the rest of this entry »
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