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Well we can't have that can we?
I recently had the chance to train a group of japanese researchers who were traveling the world looking into how cycling was being encouraged/handled in various countries. They were a fairly eminant bunch including a former chief engineer at Honda. Their report will go to the highest levels of the Japanese government.
It turns out that riding a bike in the road is not allowed in Japan. Anyone who has been to Tokyo will tell you that on pavement lanes are never going to happen there. There really is NO space. Riding around Holborn Circus on Boris bikes, with this guy from Honda shouting, "I feel freedom!" is a memory I will treasure.
The Japanese are looking at cycling in a very serious way and these guys were clear that if it took a change in the law to allow use of the roads then, "It will be done".
I hope to get a copy of their report in due course.