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Visit Japan and you will quickly see why Japanese cars don't rack up many miles. I've only been to Osaka and Kyoto but the train was by far the fastest way to get around. People did not commute by car - our factory with a thousand people working in it only had a parking lot for about 20 cars and it was never full.
Japanese vehicle inspections are time based not mileage based. They are pretty comprehensive and owners are required to fix things that we would call minor issues. Once a car starts to get older it often makes sense to replace the car instead of spending lots of money at the mechanic to keep it in almost perfect shape. Even still the average Japanese vehicle is 14 years old when the registration is cancelled. Most of those cars are exported to other parts of Asia
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