As Japan’s automotive industry began to flourish in the 1960s and produce sporty cars, Japanese enthusiasts took to the country’s stunning mountain roads to race one another, often in highly modified

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While the crises of the Seventies had ravaged much of the established car industries, Japan prospered through innovation. On the cusp of the Eighties, Tokyo showed us the future of motoring

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