Staff writer
TOYOHASHI, Aichi Pref. -- Shiny new cars are lined up at a wharf at Mikawa port here, a scene not uncommon in a country renowned for manufacturing and exporting automobiles.
What makes this setting unique from that of other ports in Japan is that those cars are fresh off a vessel, ready to make inroads into the Japanese market, rather than waiting to be loaded onto a ship for sale in other lands.