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Opinion

Japan's Bigmotor scandal is really a tale of misguided regulation

Body shops aggravated accident damages in lieu of higher insurance commissions

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Used cars at a Bigmotor dealership in Fukuoka, Japan: Many of the chain's stores double as repair shops.   © Kyodo

Stephen Givens is a partner with the corporate law firm JLX Partners in Tokyo.

Any driver might relate to Japan's fascination with the unfolding scandal at Bigmotor, operator of hundreds of used car dealerships around the country. Car owners can viscerally identify with the possibility that their ignorance of mechanical matters could be preyed upon by unscrupulous garages.

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