How a Chinese car invasion forced Japan into an unthinkable alliance

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Perched next to a motorway exit in a leafy Tokyo suburb, a grey-coloured BYD dealership might not look particularly special.

Yet from this street corner, China’s biggest electric vehicle (EV) company has launched an audacious bid to break into the notoriously closed Japanese market.

By the end of next year, 100 more dealerships like it are planned across the country.

In each one, BYD (which stands for “Build Your Dreams”) will push its new Dolphin hatchbacks that…

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