Stronger yen helps Japanese customers buy more foreign cars as sales up 26.2%

"the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Monday 131,799 registered imported cars were sold between January and August, an impressive 26.2 percent rise from the same period in 2009."


Source:Foreign carmakers use high yen to slash prices
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Sep. 8, 2010
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T100907004316.htm