1/3 of the planets population drives on the left mate.
(Incidentally, if a country drives on the left then as a general rule of thumb, they also play cricket. I've no idea why this might be the case.)
British influence?
I'm not sure the correlation holds up in Japan's case though
British influence again - apparently through the train network. Despite Commodore Perry and the Portuguese, Britain had significant influence during the Meiji restoration.
Don't want succumb to any conspiracy theory, but they also tend to play rugby.
I’d say it’s because cricket is British and driving on the other side is British too?
The car in the article has the steering wheel on the left, which is the wrong side for vehicles driving on the left-hand side of the road. Domestically-produced cars in both the UK and Japan have the steering wheel on the right.
Not wrong in Japan
The wheel in the photo is on the left, which is wrong in Japan. Domestic Japanese vehicles have the steering wheel on the right.