The rise of the yen, which makes cars produced in Japan more expensive and therefore less competitive on world markets, is only the latest problem.

Other gangs followed suit and all over Japan open-air markets sprang up.

In the 1980s, Nahmad moved into the Japan market and continued buying art through 1989 downturn.

In 2008 the airline decided to withdraw from the Japan market after about 20 years of service there.

"The Japan market is so advanced sometimes," he said.

A Japanese-language version of the song was recorded in 1972 for the Japan market and released as a single.

In the Japan market, sales declined 28.6 percent from last July.

The second generation Wish is available in Japan domestic market as of April 2009.

Those N4s were reserved for the Japan market.

It is a limited (300 units) version of 5-door right drive A 180 for Japan market.