Above all else Japanese domestic cars are Narrow. Since proof-of-parking law requires proof of a parking space the dimensions become crucial, not only to notoriously narrow residential area street, but also because parking spaces are very narrow too. That makes nearly all European and North American vehicles huge barges that are possible but very difficult. Larger cars exist but are ones, like taxi or executive chauffeur driven so have specialized parking arrangements. Obviously similar situations are not uncommon in older cities around the world, as are access restrictions on polluters and other giants. Even where BEV are permitted the giant Tesla's have problems. Idiot me, driving a Model X in Italian city centers. Never again, I want narrow, preferably short, as do others driving in old cities nearly everywhere.