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A Japanese used car in Russia. Image: Flickr user andrijbulba Adding a whole new meaning to the phrase “hot car,” some profit-focused used car dealers in Japan are reselling cars contaminated by radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi reactor meltdown. Cars that had previously been marked for destruction have been re-registered with new license plates and sold to unsuspecting customers, both in Japan and abroad. Japan has a long history of exporting “lightly used” automobiles to eager buyers in Russia and Southeast Asia. Last June, Russian police intercepted a shipment of radioactive used cars inbound from Japan. That incident has led to increased monitoring of incoming Japanese car shipments by Australia, the U.S. and countries in South America. It also led to additional monitoring at Japanese ports, making it harder to get radioactive cars out of the country. For unscrupulous dealers, reselling the cars within Japan is the only alternative.
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Radioactive Cars Hit Japan’s Used Market
