I'm from India and had to Google these guys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_national_cricket_team

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.

I’d say it’s because cricket is British and driving on the other side is British too?

I really had no idea. Give that man a coconut.

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.