I've got to say this. Japanese cars in this country are messed up because of all of these damn idiots that "build" them. Most of you guys don't know this, but I'm half japanese, half white. I was raised in the south, and took the accent with me. I like 4 wheelin, hunting, old muscle cars, and ride a harley. However, I have been to Japan on many occasions and the cars are very cool. They have fast ones, and they build outrageous ones just for the shock factor. For a while I was into drifting with an AE86, all built to japanese specifications. However, I retired from that when Initial D came out in the states and everyone and their grandmother bought one and ruined them.
In Japan, your registration is based on the size of your motor. Every once in a while you'll see some rich guy rollin a 60's or 70's Lincoln. Anyway...Japanese people had to figure out how to make small motors fast if they wanted to race around town. When I was out there, I saw quite a few cars with less than 100 cubes puttin out over 200 horse, which to me, is pretty damn impressive.
Needless to say, I did not see any ricerockets in Japan with chrome fender trim, or "FEAR THIS" stickers.