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There are over 200 auto auction groups operating throughout Japan including JAA, JU Group, TAA, USS, and ZIP.

Exporters, acting as bidding agents for importers, use the auto auctions as their main supply. At auto auctions, owners are hidden from bidders while the auctioneers provide independent car evaluations called inspection sheets. In Japan, used cars are mainly sold at auto auctions by car owners and dealers. Additionally, Chile, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates are used as popular transit hubs. The most popular destinations for used cars from Japan are Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Congo, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Georgia, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Nearly 1.4 million used vehicles were exported from Japan in 2006. Japan has strict environmental protection regulations that make vehicle disposal very expensive, as well as stringent vehicle emission test standards that increase the costs of owning a used vehicle. Contributing factors to the feasibility of such export include Japan's strict motor-vehicle inspections and high depreciation which make such vehicles worth very little in Japan after six years. Japanese used vehicle exporting is a grey market international trade involving the export of used cars and other vehicles from Japan to other markets around the world since the 1980s.ĭespite the high cost of transport, the sale of used cars and other vehicles to other countries is still profitable due to the relatively low cost and good condition of the vehicles being purchased. The model has never seen an official release in the country and was registered in May 2019 A Japanese-market Toyota Crown S170 in the United Kingdom.