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It's a cultural thing. They do the same with cars. It is very common to find engines and transmissions with 60k km on them available for import into the US at b
by mberning 9y ago
It's a cultural thing. They do the same with cars. It is very common to find engines and transmissions with 60k km on them available for import into the US at bargain prices.
- VLM 9y agoI don't know about Japanese house inspection culture, but their car inspection system is designed to keep only new cars on the road. Essentially a stealth tax to discourage driving. So if your car fails inspection, which costs about $1000 just to attempt, you may as well part it out to Americans and buy another car... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor-vehicle_inspection_(Japan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor-vehicle_inspection_(Japa... Its possible given that Japanese don't like used houses that something similar exists for purchase of a used house, perhaps an inspection that costs $25K would discourage used house purchases.
- jackcosgrove 9y agoThe inspection system would also seem to encourage more manufacturing, as a sort of legally enforced planned obsolescence.