It would appear that the Mazda CX-7 Designed for the North American market , and which goes on sale in Australia in December 2006 will also go on sale in Japan...

My Japanese is non-existent, but, there is a new dedicated link on Mazda Japans web site....

http://www.cx-7.mazda.co.jp/pre/entrance.html#

Zoom44, can you confirm.....