lol its funny that you assume the country of origin has anything to do with it.
if the car was italian, and never sold in the US and didn't meet our crash testing or emissions, if would still need to be legalized and imported the same way a japanese car would. if it was russian or french or (insert country name here) and (see above) then it would still (again see above).
country of origin doesnt matter, the import rules apply across the board. taking a japanese car that isnt legal, then taking it to dubai for a few years won't magically make it legal in the US.
next dumb question thats been answered repeatedly for years and years? maybe you can ask how to smog an SR20 in california.
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