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In Tokyo, with its excellent public transportation system and prohibitive car taxes, many people are shunning car ownership

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Visitors look at a Lexus LF-CC concept car during a preview of the "Intersect by Lexus" luxury retail space in Tokyo August 23, 2013.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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Toyota will open its first "Intersect by Lexus" space in Tokyo's fashionable Aoyama district on August 30, where the public can experience the brand through art, design and technology.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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A staff member walks past a wall decoration made up of Lexus car parts painted in white, during a preview of the "Intersect by Lexus" luxury retail space in Tokyo August 23, 2013.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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A wall made up of Lexus car parts at an "Intersect by Lexus" space in Tokyo's Aoyama district.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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Lexus International Executive Vice President Mark Templin poses with a Lexus LF-CC concept car at a Lexus showroom in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 23, 2013.Itsuo Inouye/The Associated Press

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A Lexus showroom in Tokyo.Itsuo Inouye/The Associated Press

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